§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many persons have
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Date Recruited Protestants Roman Catholics Others 1970 April … … … … 497 391 101 5 May … … … … 636 557 77 2 June … … … … 465 364 98 3 July … … … … 245 205 39 1 August … … … … 214 177 51 —* September … … … … 146 116 21 9 October … … … … 219 187 31 1 November … … … … 159 140 18 1 December … … … … 120 95 20 5 1971 January … … … … 115 96 18 1 February … … … … 68 61 7 — March … … … … 55 45 9 1 April … … … … 146 129 17 — May … … … … 129 116 11 2 June … … … … 117 101 15 1 July … … … … 199 181 18 — August … … … … 130 115 12 3 September … … … … 137 131 6 — October … … … … 447 428 10 9 November … … … … 976 949 8 19 December … … … … 1,027 988 16 23 1972 January … … … … 672 651 10 11 February … … … … 587 561 17 9 March … … … … 639 624 9 6 April … … … … 337 326 2 9 May … … … … 450 435 12 3 June … … … … 241 227 7 7 July … … … … 143 140 1 2 August … … … … 253 244 6 3 September … … … … 158 154 1 3 October … … … … 313 303 4 6 November … … … … 131 129 1 1 * Breakdown includes 17 existing soldiers previously classified as "other religions" been recruited into the Ulster Defence Regiment, and how many have resigned, in each month since the regiment was established, divided according to religion.
§ Mr. BlakerThe figures are as follows:
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Date Resigned Protestants Roman Catholics Others 1970 April … … … … — — — — May … … … … 31 26 5 — June … … … … 53 43 10 — July … … … … 41 26 15 — August … … … … 103 76 24 3 September … … … … 48 26 22 — October … … … … 74 52 21 1 November … … … … 55 39 14 2 December … … … … 40 30 10 — 1971 January … … … … 68 55 12 1 February … … … … 44 35 9 — March … … … … 46 29 16 1 April … … … … 66 51 14 1 May … … … … 84 59 24 1 June … … … … 104 73 30 1 July … … … … 137 115 21 1 August … … … … 93 65 28 — September … … … … 87 46 40 1 October … … … … 101 60 41 — November … … … … 56 40 16 — December … … … … 62 43 19 — 1972 January … … … … 75 58 17 — February … … … … 43 38 5 — March … … … … 59 46 13 — April … … … … 64 53 10 1 May … … … … 104 91 12 1 June … … … … 43 36 6 1 July … … … … 78 63 9 6 August … … … … 107 91 15 1 September … … … … 91 83 7 1 October … … … … 155 140 12 3 November … … … … 64 56 6 2
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many applicants for the Ulster Defence Regiment have been rejected, divided according to reli-
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Number Rejected Protestants Roman Catholics Others 1970 April … … … … — — — — May … … … … 92 60 30 2 June … … … … 82 54 26 2 July … … … … 49 34 15 — August … … … … 44 30 13 1 September … … … … 36 28 7 1 October … … … … 25 17 7 1 November … … … … 31 19 12 — December … … … … 21 14 7 — 1971 January … … … … 27 20 5 2 February … … … … 16 13 3 — March … … … … 17 14 3 — April … … … … 22 18 4 — May … … … … 26 25 1 — June … … … … 16 14 2 — July … … … … 26 23 3 — August … … … … 25 21 4 — September … … … … 18 16 1 1 October … … … … 102 93 7 2 November … … … … 95 86 6 3 December … … … … 93 86 5 2 gion, in each month since the Regiment was established.
§ Mr. BlakerThe figure are as follows:
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Number Rejected Protestants Roman Catholics Others 1972 January … … … … 108 105 1 2 February … … … … 68 63 2 3 March … … … … 63 58 1 4 April … … … … 59 59 — — May … … … … 69 66 2 1 June … … … … 53 50 3 — July … … … … 43 37 2 4 August … … … … 58 54 3 1 September … … … … 91 89 — 2 October … … … … 83 81 — 2 November … … … … 30 27 3 —
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many resignations from the Ulster Defence Regiment were received during August, September and October, respectively; and what percentages were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. BlakerOne hundred and seven, 91 and 155 of which 14 per cent., 7.7 per cent. and 12.9 per cent., respectively, were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many applications to join the Ulster Defence Regiment were accepted during August, September and October, respectively; and what percentages were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. BlakerTwo hundred and fifty-three, 158 and 313 of which 2.4 per cent., 0.6 per cent. and 1.3 per cent. were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of State for Defence what was the numerical strength of the Ulster Defence Regiment on 31st August, 30th September and 31st October, respectively; and what percentage of the membership was Roman Catholics on those dates.
§ Mr. BlakerEight thousand, nine hundred and sixty-nine, 8,998 and 9,102 of whom 4.3 per cent., 4.1 per cent. and 3.9 per cent., respectively, were Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many applications to join the Ulster Defence Regiment were rejected during August, September and October, respectively; and what percentages were from Roman Catholics.
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§ Mr. BlakerFifty-eight, 91 and 83 of which 5.2 per cent., 0 per cent. and 0 per cent., respectively, were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Minister of State for Defence how many applications to join the Ulster Defence Regiment were received during August, September and October, respectively; and what percentage of the applications were from Roman Catholics.
§ Mr. BlakerSix hundred and nineteen, 269 and 277 of which 1.6 per cent. 4.4 per cent. and 2.9 per cent., respectively were from Roman Catholics.