§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish, for each of the past 10 years, the number of Service men employed in the Armed Forces.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe total numbers of uniformed personnel in the380W Armed Forces on 1st April in each year of the period, including females and non-United Kingdom personnel, were as follows:
1966 450,349 1967 450,260 1968 430,019 1969 405,368 1970 392,559 1971 383,282 1972 380,891 1973 376,618 1974 358,458 1975 347,669 1976 (1st March) 346,573