§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of State for Defence what was the number of new recruits to each of the Services of Her Majesty's Forces, over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on future recruitment.
§ Lord BalnielI would refer the Hon. Member to Tables 3 and 4 on pages 56 and 57 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1971 (Cmnd. 4592) which deal with recruitment of officers and other ranks respectively. The problems of future recruitment are discussed in Chapter IV of the Statement.