§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the numbers of (a) males, and (b) females employed in the Armed Forces for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe number of males and females serving in the Armed Forces as at 31st December for each year since 1945 are as follows:
Males Females 1945 3,587,000 296,000 1946 1,380,000 78,000 1947 1,070,000 49,000 1948 774,000 35,000 1949 770,000 27,000 1950 805,000 22,000 1951 906,000 23,000 1952 931,000 24,000 1953 909,000 24,000 1954 888,000 21,000 1955 822,000 17,000 1956 796,000 16,000 1957 679,000 14,000 1958 610,000 14,000 1959 554,000 15,000 1960 524,000 15,000 1961 472,000 16,000 1962 451,000 18,000 1963 437,000 16,000 1964 439,000 16,000 1965 436,000 15,000 1966 435,000 15,000 1967 419,000 16,000 1968 398,000 14,000 1969 382,000 14,000 1970 371,000 15,000 1971 367,000 15,000 1972 365,000 15,000 1973 348,000 15,000 30th September 1974 342,000 14,000 The figures for males include non-United Kingdom personnel for every year from 1949 onwards; figures are not available for earlier years. No figures are available for non-United Kingdom female personnel but the numbers are believed to have been very small.