§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each year since the formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment the areas from which each company of 5 Battalion drew its recruits until the latest available date.
§ Mr. WigginI regret that it is not possible from existing data to provide detailed information in the form requested.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the value of the equipment issued to 151W each company of 5 Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment in each year since the formation of the regiment; what value of equipment in each company and year was not returned to the stores when personnel resigned; and what types of equipment were not returned.
§ Mr. WigginOn discharge or resignation a member of the UDR is permitted to retain underclothes and boots. All other issue items must be returned. Some losses occur, although every effort is made to recover these items.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been, in each year since the formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment the average number of (a) training periods, and (b) patrols carried out by the members of each company of 5 Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment until the latest available date.
§ Mr. WigginWe do not keep records in a form that would enable this information to be given.
§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of recruits to each company of 5 Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and the maximum number of persons in each company for each year from the formation of the Ulster Defence Regiment until the latest available date.
§ Mr. WigginI regret that information with regard to recruiting figures is not kept in the form requested. It is not the practice to publish figures of individual company strengths.