§ Sir Ian Orr-Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of Service personnel in each of the three Armed Services now stationed in Germany, and what were the comparative figures in October, 1964.
§ Mr. HealeyThe total numbers of personnel serving in B.A.O.R., Berlin and R.A.F. Germany were as follows:
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Army R.A.F. (1) On 1st October, 1964 53,981 8,648 (2) On 1st October, 1969 56,606 6,488 These figures include personnel attached to H.Q. Northern Army Group, B.A.O.R. personnel at the Advanced Base in Belgium—for which separate figures are not available for 1964—and 6 Brigade and 36 Heavy Air Defence Regiment who were redeployed from Germany to the United Kingdom in 1968, but who are still under the operational command of B.A.O.R. The latter number 4,272 personnel.
In addition, there were seven R.N. personnel serving in Germany on each date.