§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement of the Under-Secretary of State for the R.A.F., Official Report, 9th December 1977, column 1931, how many members of Her Majesty's Forces have been granted permission to moonlight and how many have been refused in each of the past four years and the current year to date.
§ Dr. GilbertThe authority to approve or refuse requests to undertake part-time employment during off-duty hours rests with commanding officers. Statistics are not maintained and it would require disproportionate
1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 13 12 12 11 11 11 comparable figures for the earlier years are not available because of changes in definitions, but the table below shows
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1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 15 14 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 effort and cost to obtain the information requested.