§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a list of his Department's recruiting offices in Great Britain, indicating for each one (a) the cost of running the office in 1976, (b)the number of inquiries dealt with in 1976 and (c) the number of people recruited by the office in 1976.
§ Mr. Wellbeloved, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 9th May 1977], gave the following information:
They are as follows:
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Location Estimated Cost(£ s) (1) Inquiries Recruits County Town Service 1976–77 1976–77 1976–77 Cornwall … Truro … Navy/RAF … 31,289 1,315 165 St. Blazey … Army … 6,200 (2) 400 49 Redruth … Army … 12,811 600 90 Cumbria … Barrow … Army … 6,822 295 36 Carlisle … Navy … 24,787 517 95 Carlisle … Army … 35,587 417 93 Carlisle … RAF … 47,327 1,379 75 Workington … Army … 14,125 202 52 Kendal … Army … -(2) (3) 142 22 Derbyshire … Chesterfield … Army … 14,542 800 85 Derby … Navy … 25,143 3,664 246 Derby … Army/RAF … 66,551 2,070 209 Devon … Exeter … Navy … 28,664 969 98 Exeter … Army … 39,718 1,716 178 Exeter … RAF … 47,081 1,189 90 Plymouth … Navy … 28,318 956 123 Plymouth … Army/RAF … 137,585 7,861 360 Torquay … Army … 6,226 402 97 Barnstaple … Army … 7,242 288 56 Dorset … Bournemouth … Army … 54,234 1,563 233 Bournemouth … RAF … 11,979 1,047 83 Dorchester … Navy … 24,565 867 123 Weymouth … Army … 12,330 626 69 Durham … Bishop Auckland … Army … 1,134 131 56 Darlington … Army/RAF … 46,379 1,032 148 Durham … Army … 29,465 525 149 Horden … Army … 6,449 390 43 East Sussex … Brighton … Navy … 29,632 1,215 138 Brighton … Army … 36,419 635 200 Brighton … RAF … 47,884 2,737 142 Eastbourne … Army … 9,564 91 18 Hastings … Army … 13,682 295 41 Essex … Braintree … Army … 7,307 145 15 Chelmsford … Navy … 30,127 1,121 114 Chelmsford … Army … 12,627 440 64 Colchester … Army … 11,130 514 67 Harlow … Army … —(2) (3) 790 66 Southend … Army … 39,100 (3) 860 137 Southend … RAF … 11,014(3) 1,078 75 Gloucestershire … Gloucester … Army/RAF … 98,502 3,095 250 Cheltenham … Army … 12,174 458 78 Greater London … Acton … Army … 13,834 365 74 Blackheath … Navy/RAF … 24,532 789 (4) 92 Blackheath … Army … 66,665 2,595 154 Camberwell … Army … 8,100 915 35 Crayford … Army … 13,104 901 56 Croydon … Navy … 27,048 1,103 111 Ilford … Navy/RAF … 65,995 2,547 (4) 155 Holborn … Navy … 88,335 10,968 316 Regent Street … RAF … 176,918 3,779 97 Norbury … Army / RAF … 32,217 1,571 191 Marble Arch … Army … 28,590 449 41 Surbiton … Army … 36,481 447 112 Strand … Army … 90,637 2,032 77 Tottenham … Army … 6,429 243 71 Great Scotland Yard Army … —(2) (3) 2,486 81 Battersea … Army … 12,462 54 57 Edgware … Army … 5,600 (3) 128 35 Finchley … Army … 32,737 283 98 Forest Gate … Army … 39,100 (3) 206 121 Fulham … Army … 5,600 (3) 160 27 Harrow … Army … 5,600 (3) 153 31 Hollo way … Army … 17,875 329 55 Hornsey … Army … 5,600 (3) 110 20 Hounslow … Army … 11,200(3) 79 69 Penge … Army … 6,388 849 61 Romford … Army … 17,874 127 8S Wembley … Army … 36,576 297 123 Greater Manchester … Manchester … Navy … 59,807 2,814 268 Manchester … Army/RAF … 222,645 7,390 1,081 Oldham … Army … 18,630 461 139
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Location Estimated Cost (£s) (1) Inquiries Recruits County Town Service 1976– 1976– 1976– Oldham … RAF … 12,801 602 51 Stockport … Army/RAF … 19,282 1,227 189 Rochdale … Army … 6,468 345 81 Wigan … Army … 12,521 262 80 Bolton … Army … 29,792 917 208 Hampshire … Basingstoke … Navy/Army … 19,637 563 (4) 64 Newport IOW … Army … 6,925 152 51 Portsmouth … Navy … 39,512 1,213 333 Portsmouth … Army … 41,400(3) 606 215 Portsmouth … RAF … 25,252 1,201 82 Southampton … Navy … 42,388 3,255 255 Southampton … Army … 56,267 803 204 Southampton … RAF … 89,443 1,936 112 Aldershot … Army … 12,050 (3) 954 131 Winchester Army … 6,000 (3) 129 34 Hereford and Worcester … Hereford … Army … 18,874 621 85 Worcester … Navy … 20,654 529 73 Worcester … Army … 25,402 1,100 132 Bromsgrove … Army … 11,235 445 66 Hertfordshire … St. Albans … Army … 71,929 1,820 140 Watford … Navy … 26,518 770 130 Watford … Army/RAF … 27,854 1,096 121 Stevenage … Army … 7,040 380 46 Humberside … Grimsby … Army … 22,782 507 125 Grimsby … RAF … 12,577 823 48 Hull … Navy/RAF … 77,503 2,215 208 Hull … Army … 42,700 796 304 Scunthorpe … Army … 6,351 271 76 Kent … Chatham … Navy … 23,871 1,068 94 Chatham … Army … 35,350 (3) 238 181 Chatham … RAF … 71,043 1,811 102 Gravesend … Army … 6,416 50 38 Ashford … Army … 5,600 (3) 327 32 Canterbury … Navy … 24,613 647 101 Canterbury … Army/RAF … 39,294 1,415 212 Dover … Army … 11,600(3) 509 88 Maidstone … Army … 12,015 67 73 Tunbridge Wells … Army … 5,847 60 61 Lancashire … Blackburn … All Services … 51,632 1,910 260 Blackpool … Army/RAF … 25,474 1,119 165 Burnley … Army … 7,288 595 122 Morecambe … Army … 8,650 268 75 Preston … Navy/RAF … 73,188 2,228 193 Preston … Army … 49,192 595 182 Leicestershire … Leicester … All Services … 126,757 4,334 501 Loughborough … Army … 8,808 300 59 Lincolnshire … Lincoln … Navy … 24,761 1,003 131 Lincoln … Army … 35,588 1,556 152 Lincoln … RAF … 63,354 1,313 94 Boston … Army … 11,600(3) 874 70 Grantham … Army … 7,012 654 30 Merseyside … Birkenhead … Army … 9,181 1,206 153 Bootle … Army … 6,492 822 107 St. Helens … Navy/RAF … 22,915 935 (4) 142 St. Helens … Army … 18,914 712 67 Liverpool … Navy/Army … 66,491 9,559 719 Liverpool … RAF … 108,691 4,078 211 Kirkby … Army … 5,900 558 40 Southport … Army … 11,660 612 47 Norfolk … Norwich … Navy … 24,616 891 98 Norwich … Army … 38,841 2,481 161 Norwich … RAF … 49,319 2,095 204 King's Lynn … Army … 600(3) 550 41 Northamptonshire … Kettering … Army … 13,629 628 S3 Northampton … Navy … 26,739 523 113 Northampton … Army … 38,856 822 151 Corby … Army … 6,947 527 76 Northumberland … Ashington … Army … 12,999 231 65 Berwick … Army … —(2) (3)
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Location Estimated Cost (£ s) (1) Inquiries Recruits County Town Service 1976–77 1976–77 1976–77 North Yorkshire … York … Navy/RAF … 24,496 750 (4) 103 York … Army … 27,949 672 90 Scarborough … Army … 12,405 331 52 Catterick … Army … -(2) (3) 102 26 Northallerton … Army … 87(2) 64 21 Nottinghamshire … Nottingham … All Services … 194,668 3,530 520 Worksop … Army … 3,106 211 44 Mansfield … Army/RAF … 18,657 1,198 170 Oxfordshire … Banbury … Army … 7,407 131 142 Oxford … All Services … 65,564 1,946(4) 279 Shropshire … Shrewsbury … Navy/RAF … 47,385 1,319 137 Shrewsbury … Army … 44,222 1,260 158 Telford … Army … 11,317 623 76 Somerset … Taunton … Navy/RAF … 18,553 683 (4) 87 Taunton … Army … 14,760 847 51 Bridgwater … Army … 7,577 716 49 Yeovil … Army … -(2) (3) 139 52 South Yorkshire … Doncaster … Navy/RAF … 23,359 1,035(4) 131 Doncaster … Army … 32,071 793 218 Sheffield … Navy/Army … 98,984 2,563 468 Sheffield … RAF … 54,995 2,515 123 Barnsley … Army/Navy … 27,952 465 (4) 93 Staffordshire … Cannock … Army … 13,225 582 70 Stafford … Army … 400(3) 325 51 Stoke on Trent … Navy … 25,465 586 123 Stoke on Trent … Army/RAF … 97,000 1,959 272 Burton on Trent … Army … 1,440 340 47 Suffolk … Bury St. Edmunds … Army … 7,746 179 48 Lowestoft … Army … 6,850 281 51 Ipswich … Navy/RAF … 79,956 1,443 142 Ipswich … Army … 34,469 1,167 110 Surrey … Guildford … Navy … 28,093 860 103 Guildford … Army/RAF … 19,097 1,676 146 Redhill … Army … 5,919 139 41 Tyne and Wear … Newcastle … Navy … 49,311 6,939 328 Newcastle … Army … 59,439 1,648 363 Newcastle … RAF … 87,575 2,953 168 South Shields … Army … 35,198 280 85 Sunderland … Navy/RAF … 24,726 750 (4) 136 Sunderland … Army … 17,902 1,100 147 Warwickshire … Nuneaton … Army … 11,819 453 72 Warwick … Army … 14,142 368 54 West Midlands … Coventry … Navy/RAF … 36,300 1,377 157 Coventry … Army … 42,106 1,349 210 Walsall … Army … 12,449 444 58 West Bromwich … Army … 26,008 388 62 Wolverhampton … Navy/RAF … 84,434 2,031 (4) 156 Wolverhampton … Army … 45,496 659 101 Birmingham … Army/Navy … 130,631 8,851 766 Birmingham … RAF … 83,696 3,264 154 South Yardley … Army … 14,257 368 63 Dudley … Army … 7,475 291 85 West Sussex … Worthing … Army … 7,423 200 29 Horsham … Army … 12,501 171 33 Chichester … Army … 6,450 322 62 Crawley … Army … -(2) (3) (5) (5) West Yorkshire … Bradford … Army/RAF … 53,266 2,060 478 Halifax … Army … 12,365 630 111 Huddersfield … Army/RAF … 23,353 1,062 182 Wakefield … Army … 13,352 495 129 Leeds … Navy/Army … 120,568 4,032 585 Leeds … RAF … 75,135 2,304 188 Wiltshire … Salisbury … Army … 31,683 889 115 Swindon … Navy/RAF … 34,560 1,401 135 Swindon … Army … 19,215 582 101 Trowbridge … Army … 5,800 (3) 282 62
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Location Estimated Cost (£s) (1) Inquiries Recruits County Town Service 1976– 1976– 1976– Grampian … Aberdeen … Navy … 23,735 311 36 Aberdeen … Army … 52,344 378 65 Aberdeen … RAF … 53,152 1,312 60 Elgin … Army … 12,034 181 45 Keith … Army … 344 144 38 Peterhead … Army … 543 136 35 Lothians … Bathgate … Army … 19,200 595 80 Edinburgh … Navy … 39,760 1,861 189 Edinburgh … Army … 105,345 1,358 228 Edinburgh … RAF … 76,215 2,703 163 Tayside … Dundee … Navy … 27,562 607 88 Dundee … Army … 48,431 1,673 187 Dundee … RAF … 52,424 1,388 102 Perth … Army … 6,302 547 73 Arbroath … Army … 713 321 30 Forfar (now closed) Army … —(2) (3) Not available 13 Strathclyde … Clydebank … Army … 7,260 422 85 Dumbarton … Army … 7,255 234 40 Glasgow … All Services … 310,198 11,179 711 (6) Shawlands … Army … 13,389 586 195 Springboig … Army … 12,983 471 107 Mary Hill … Army … 11,800(3) 569 106 Hamilton … RAF … 11,014(3) 541 45 Airdrie … Army … 6,331 374 63 East Kilbride … Army … 5,800(3) 178 50 Kilmarnock … Army … 5,981 557 105 Hamilton … Army … 6,237 389 90 Port Glasgow … Army … 5,800 (3) 305 62 Paisley … Army … 11,800(3) 303 94 Falkirk … Army … 12,177 159 65 Ayr … Army/RAF … 22,508 1,284 180 Shetlands … Lerwick … Army … 180 (3) 13 Nil Highland … Inverness … Navy … 19,334 494 58 Inverness … Army/RAF … 72,646 1,038 122 Wick … Army … 200(3) 119 16 Fife … Dunfermline … Army … 17,400 (3) 638 100 Kirkcaldy … Army … 6,053 280 54 Leven … Army … 11,400(3) 249 52 Borders … Galashiels … Army … 5,890 135 43 Kelso … Army … 100(3) 73 18 Dumfries and Galloway … Stranraer … Army … 270 87 28 Dumfries … Army … 18,306 460 77 Central Region … Stirling … Army … 13,420 392 75 Clwyd … Wrexham … Navy/RAF … 92,002 2,521 219 Wrexham … Army … 26,289 682 125 Rhyl … Army … 11,800(3) 260 90 Dyfed … Llanelli … Army … 3,200 243 58 Pembroke … Army … 17,000 (3) 247 60 Gwent … Newport … Army/RAF … 29,935 2,261 215 Gwynedd … Bangor … Army/RAF … 16,814 (3) 1,549 154 Mid-Glamorgan … Merthyr Tydfil … Navy/Army … 15,247 397 (4) 87 Pontypridd … Army … 18,344 433 76 South Glamorgan … Cardiff … Navy … 25,843 2,084 109 Cardiff … Army/RAF … 157,998 4,951 459 West Glamorgan … Neath … Army … 970 (2) 187 58 Swansea … Navy … 24,530 1,046 85 Swansea … Army … 53,324 1,073 115 Swansea … RAF … 47,213 1,865 134 Channel Islands … Army … 7,400 (3) 195 36 (1) Comprises expenditure on staff, leases and rates. Other miscellaneous costs such as heating lighting, etc. are not included because they cannot be readily identified. (2) Excludes staff costs. These are included elsewhere in costs of parent office. (3) No rental cost as CIO forms part of a larger building—e.g., TAVR centre. Rates cannot be separately identified. (4) Excludes Royal Navy inquiries. These are included elsewhere in total of parent office. (5) Included elsewhere in totals of parent office. (6) Excludes Army recruits. These are included elsewhere in totals of local sub-offices.