§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons were recruited in Scotland for each of the armed services in 1985–86; and if he will break down the figure by careers office areas.
§ Mr. FreemanThe numbers of service personnel recruited at careers information offices in Scotland 165W between 1 April 1985 and 31 March 1986 are set out in the following table. The figures exclude the recruitment of officers and Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service who are recruited centrally.
CIO RN/RM Army RAF All Services Aberdeen 40 134 88 262 Dundee 47 444 125 616 Edinburgh 127 460 82 669 Glasgow 152 1,208 225 1,585 Inverness 23 172 *— 195 Total 389 2,418 520 3,327 * Attestations of entrants to the RAF from the Inverness CIO were made at Aberdeen and are included in the Aberdeen numbers.