§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been 28W the rate of recruitment in the Armed Forces in Scotland in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WellbelovedThe numbers of Service men and Service women, excluding Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, recruited in Scotland were as follows:
Service men Service women 1971–72 … 5,965 850 1972–73 … 4,671 611 1973–74 … 3,045 465 1974–7 … 3,737 590 1975–7 … 3,983 586 Regional figures for officer entrants to the three Services and for non-commissioned entrants to Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service are not readily available, as these are recruited centrally.