§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish statistics on a regular basis and by region regarding the number of Service men of all ranks made redundant and the number remaining unemployed.
§ Dr. GilbertStatistics in the form requested could not be collected without disproportionate effort and cost.
§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Service men of all ranks were made redundant in 1975 and 1976, respectively; and how many are still unemployed.
§ Dr. GilbertThe total number of officers and Service men leaving the Armed Forces on redundancy was as follows:
1975 … 551 1976 (to 31st August) … 1,054 I regret that the information sought in the second part of the Question is not available.