§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister of State for Defence what is the average time taken far security screening for applicants of the Ulster Defence Regiment; and how this compares with the position 12 months ago.
§ Mr. G. Johnson SmithThe processing of applications to join the Ulster Defence Regiment involves a number of concurrent enquiries, including medical examination as well as security investigations.
The whole procedure now takes about four weeks on average, as compared with six weeks a year ago and we hope to reduce this still further.