HL Deb 06 July 1978 vol 394 c1295WA
Lord SHINWELL

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the percentage of the United Kingdom population associated with our auxiliary Forces and what percentage of the population of each NATO country is conscripted.

Lord WINTERBOTTOM

0.13 per cent. of the population of the United Kingdom are members of the volunteer Reserves and auxiliary Forces. Of those NATO countries which have conscription the proportion of the population which is conscripted varies from 0.3 per cent. to 1.4 per cent.