Lord Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number of applicants to the Ulster Defence Regiment who have been rejected without prior interview with their respective referees.
§ Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many 134W applicants to join the Ulster Defence Regiment have been refused to date.
§ Mr. HattersleyAs at 3rd April, 440 applications to join the Ulster Defence Regiment had been rejected. As regards the last part of his Question I would refer the hon. Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone to my answer on 25th March.—[Vol. 798, c.415.]