Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list his Department's recruiting offices in order of the number of inquiries they deal with each week, indicating also for each office the number of people actually recruited in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WigginThe information requested is given in the following tables for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
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Careers Information Office Number Recruited for year 1981–82 Royal Navy Liverpool† 103 508W
Careers Information Office Number Recruited for year 1981–82 London 85 Manchester 91 Birmingham† 136 Bristol* 104 Glasgow* 144 Newcastle 120 Edinburgh 98 Portsmouth 168 Plymouth 107 Chelmsford 66 St. Helens† 23 Belfast (including Londonderry) 79 Southampton* 93 Coventry† 56 Leeds† 95 Brighton 81 Cardiff 78 Lincoln 67 Hartlepool† 98 Swansea 63 Guildford 69 Derby 54 Sunderland† 57 Nottingham* 64 Croydon 44 Chatham 54 Swindon† 38 Reading 26 Leicester* 75 Wrexham† 96 Preston† 77 Worcester 50 Watford 39 Luton* 57 Canterbury† 63 Oxford* 32 Wolverhampton† 40 Blackburn* 76 Hull† 97 Cambridge† 37 Stoke 52 Exeter* 69 Sheffield† 76 Dorchester 91 Norwich 47 Blackheath† 16 Northampton 60 Carlisle 50 Dundee 34 Truro† 58 Milton Keynes† 16 Peterborough* 44 Aberdeen† 29 Inverness* 19 Doncaster† 20 Ilford† 17 Ipswich† 49 York† 22 Bamsley† 19 Shrewsbury† 40 Londonderry (See Belfast)† 22 Royal Air Force Liverpool 84 Birmingham 80 Manchester† 59 Glasgow* 58 Norwich 42 Newcastle 83 Brighton 69 London 24 Edinburgh 62 Aldergrove 58 Gloucester† 55
Careers Information Office Number Recruited for year 1981–82 Nottingham* 69 Bristol* 40 Middlesbrough† 47 Luton* 27 Lincoln 56 Bedford† 50 Chatham† 55 Leicester* 64 Carlisle 29 Ayr† 21 Southampton* 35 Swansea 42 Ilford† 39 Dundee 62 Exeter* 76 Sheffield 46 Wolverhampton† 35 Portsmouth 25 Reading 50 Hamilton 9 Leeds 56 Stoke† 98 Bournemouth 23 Watford† 20 Wrexham† 62 Hull† 45 Oxford* 25 Doncaster† 24 Canterbury† 45 Ipswich† 48 Taunton† 36 Swindon† 24 Guildford† 31 Southend† 32 Aberdeen† 23 Plymouth† 89 Newport† 35 Truro† 26 Derby† 44 Preston† 62 St. Helens† 43 Cambridge† 12 Coventry† 34 Blackheath† 17 Bangor† 55 Norbury† 15 Peterborough† 38 Bradford† 26 Huddersfield† 33 Grimsby† 44 Cardiff† 56 Stockport† 32 Sunderland† 30 Darlington† 21 Blackburn* 33 Shrewsbury† 22 Inverness† 30 York† 25 Blackpool† 14 Oldham 14 * Denotes a tri-Service Careers information Office. † Denotes a bi-Service Careers Information Office. The above tables exclude recruitment of officers and Queen Alexander's Royal Naval Nursing Service who are recruited centrally.
Information is not available in the form requested for the Army, which records enlistments at its main area Career Information Offices. These are listed below in order of the number of applications submitted, rather than enquiries received.
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Careers Information Office Number recruited for year 1981–82 Army Manchester† 636 Glasgow* 762 Birmingham† 323 Middlesborough† 489 Bristol* 246 Cardiff† 306 Newcastle 337 Liverpool† 993 Leeds† 388 Canterbury 388 Southampton* 340 Brighton 338 Hull 342 Sheffield 260 Shrewsbury 380 Southend on Sea 232 Exeter* 273 Boumemouth† 243 Norwich 280 Gloucester† 243 Preston 382 Bradford† 232 Edinburgh 310 Plymouth† 233 Wrexham 203 Chester 246 Reading 223 Cambridge 173 Blackheath 126 St. Albans† 184 Dundee 322 Coventry 228 Oxford* 160 Belfast 295 Nottingham* 206 Forest Gate 114 Surbiton 149 Central London 96 Lincoln 243 Northampton 183 Finchley 138 Stoke on Trent† 214 Swansea 166 Leicester* 195 Derby† 179 Carlisle 91 Aberdeen 106 Inverness* 83 * Denotes a tri-Service Careers Information Office. † Denotes a bi-Service Careers Information Office. The above tables exclude recruitment of officers and Queen Alexander's Royal Naval Nursing Service who are recruited centrally.