Recruitment Statistics

HC Deb 25 February 1981 vol 999 c388W

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many people in Scotland have joined the Armed Forces in each of the past five years.

Mr. Pattie

The information requested is as follows:

	Royal Navy	Army	Royal Air Force	Total
1975–76	896	2,867	705	4,568
1976–77	872	2,547	698	4,027
1977–78	607	2,240	816	3,663
1978–79	579	2,641	1,058	4,278
1979–80	727	3,170	1,166	5,063
1980–81*	588	2,796	927	4,311
* (April-December)

Note: These numbers exclude all officer recruitment and all recruitment to the QARNNS.