HC Deb 23 July 1985 vol 83 c499W
Mr. Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons were recruited in Scotland for each of the armed services during 1984–85; and if he will break down the figures by careers information office areas.

Mr. Lee

The numbers of service personnel recruited at careers information offices in Scotland between 1 April 1984 and 31 March 1985 are set out in the following table. These figures exclude the recruitment of officers and Queen Alexandra's Royal Navy Nursing Service who are recruited centrally.

CIO RN/RM Army RAF All Services
Aberdeen 34 117 109 260
Dundee 51 406 107 564
Edinburgh 130 547 117 794
Glasgow 179 1,099 234 1,512
Inverness 102 162 * 264
Total 496 2,331 567 3,394
* Attestations of entrants to the RAF from the Inverness CIO were made at Aberdeen and are included in the Aberdeen numbers.