§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of male soldiers who have applied for premature voluntary release from the Army in each of the months during 1977.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownThis information is not readily available since the Army does not hold central records of the numbers of applications. For details of those actually leaving I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Louth (Mr. Brotherton) on 10th February—[Vol. 943, c. 697.]