§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many, and what proportion of, applicants for membership of the UDR and RUCR, respectively, have been rejected.
§ Mr. MoyleBetween the formation of the regiment in 1970 and 1st June 1976, 29,950 applications for the UDR were received, 3,732 applicants—approximately 12 per cent.—were rejected, 20,529 were accepted and 7,496 withdrew their applications—2,380 after acceptance but before enrolment.
Between 1st January 1973, the date from which full recruiting statistics are 366W available, and 28th June 1976, 15,269 applications for the RUCR were received, 4,647 applicants—approximately 30 per cent.—were rejected, 5,096 were accepted and 5,090 withdrew their applications.
A number of recent applications are are of course, still being processed.