HC Deb 25 March 1982 vol 20 c401W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons were recruited in Scotland for each of the Services in 1981–82; and if he will give a breakdown by careers information office.

Mr. Wiggin

The numbers of Service men and Service women recruited at careers information offices in Scotland between 1 April 1981 and 28 February 1982 are set out in the following table. These figures exclude the recruitment of officers and Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.

CIO RN/RM Army RAF All Services
Aberdeen 28 104 35 167
Dundee 32 319 61 412
Edinburgh 94 292 102 488
Glasgow 141 741 50 932
Inverness 20 81 7 108
Total 315 1,537 255 2,107