§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of officers who had requested premature voluntary retirement in each of the three Services in the period January to June 1978 and July to December 1978.
§ Mr. WellbelovedThe number of officers who applied for premature voluntary release during the periods stated were as follows:
January-June 1978 RN/RM 201 ARMY 459 RAF 395 July-December 1978 RN/RM 188 ARMY 441 RAF 296