§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish in the Official Report an analysis of the ages of male recruits to each of the Armed Services during each of the last two complete 164W years for which this information is available;
(2) if he will publish an analysis by age of those leaving the Armed Services for all reasons, during each of the last two complete years for which this information is available.
§ Dr. GilbertA summary of the information requested is published in the Annual Abstract of Statistics. I shall write to my hon. Friend giving a detailed analysis of the figures for 1976 and 1977 and will place a copy in the Library.