§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report, in respect of each of the Services, the numbers of officers who have applied for premature voluntary retirement in each year since the inception of the scheme; and of those applications
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§ Mr. WellbelovedThe latest available figures show about 97,000 Service married quarters in the United Kingdom, of v/hich some 14,000 are vacant—about 14 per cent. The equivalent previous percentages were:
per cent. 1976 … … … … 13 1975 … … … … 10 1974 … … … … 8