§ Mr. Roebuckasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of officers in each Service, and each of the women's Services, who began in the ranks, and express each total as a percentage of the total number of officers.
§ Dr. David OwenEstimated figures, based on recent data, are shown for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the Royal Air Force, and the corresponding Women's Services. I regret that the detail requested is not available for the Army.
Officer Strengths as at 1st January, 1970 Officers who began in the ranks other than those who enlisted as potential officers (Estimated) Percentage (b) of (a) (Estimated) (a) (b) R.N. & R.M. 10,975 3,400 31 R.A.F. 19,074 6,676 35 W.R.N.S. 244 203 83 W.R.A.F. 448 67 15 I apologise to my hon. Friend and the House that the facts on which my statement in column 1685 of HANSARD, 28th January, were based have since been shown to be wrong.