§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many people have been recruited into each branch of the armed forces in Dundee in each year since 1980; and of the total number of recruits how many were unemployed;
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Offences initially recorded by the police as homicide where the victim was aged under 16 England and Wales Number of victims 1982 1983 1984 1985 Outcome: Initially recorded as homicide 94 81 93 116 No longer recorded as homicide 4 7 10 11 Decided at court to be homicide: Murder 17 14 8 19 Manslaughter (S.2) 27 11 19 7 Manslaughter (other) 19 26 24 22 Infanticide 6 11 2 8 Total 69 62 53 56 Court decision pending — — 2 10 (2) what has been the total number of recruits into the armed forces in each year since 1980; and what number and percentage of recruits were previously unemployed in each year.
§ Mr. FreemanWith regard to numbers recruited to the armed forces in Dundee, I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. Wilson) on 22 July 1986 at column 163; on 23 July 1985 at column 496; on 23 July 1984 at column 537; on 23 March 1982 at column 401 and on 12 May 1981 at column 264.
Figures for the total numbers of recruits can be found in volume 2, table 4.15, of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1986" (Cmnd. 9763-II).
Information is not kept on the number of recruits to the armed forces who were previously unemployed.