§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many additional recruits are at present being sought by (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Marines, (c) the Army and (d) the Royal Air Force; and what special recruiting drives are being mounted by the Armed Services in areas where there has been a sharp rise in unemployment in the past six months.
§ Mr. JohnThe numbers of male Service men—i.e., excluding officers—whom300W the Services are seeking to recruit during the current financial year, the numbers already recruited and the balance still to be recruited are, in round figures, as follows:
Numbers sought Numbers recruited so far Balance Royal Navy 7,750 4,700 3,050 Royal Marines 1,100 950 150 Army 25,000 19,700 5,300 Royal Air Force 5,100 4,800 300 There are, as a general rule, no special recruiting campaigns for particular areas, but the Services do, on occasion, concentrate their advertising for particular categories of recruit in areas where there is known to be a supply of suitably qualified persons available.