HC Deb 04 November 1975 vol 899 c145W
Mr. Watkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Armed Forces were permitted to purchase their discharge prior to the termination of their engagement with Her Majesty's Forces in 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970 and 1969 respectively.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th October 1975; Vol. 898, c. 305], gave the following information:

The numbers of Service women who purchased their premature voluntary release from the Armed Forces are as follows:

1969 127
1970 163
1971 150
1972 113
1973 158
1974 119

Except for the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) these figures exclude Service women leaving as of right in their first few months of service. In the case of the WRAC it has not been possible to separate this group for the years 1969 to 1973. The figures for Service women are not, therefore, strictly comparable with those for Service men, though the numbers involved are very small.