§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Defence what were, for the last 12 months for which figures are readily available, the number of man-training days for the Territorial Army which were available but not used; and what was the saving in expenditure as a result.
§ Mr. WigginIn 1980–81, some 136,000 Territorial Army man-training days were unused, some 6 per cent. of the total allocation. At the average rate of daily pay for the year—£15.04—this produced a saving of about £2 million.