§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence what actual numbers of service men and women were 69W registered on the electoral roll at the time of the recent general election under the special provision made for members of the armed forces; and what percentage this amounted to in the case of each service.
§ Mr. FreemanAt 31 March 1987, the last date for which figures are available, some 203,763 voting registrations for service personnel were held on index. Based on current strengths of service personnel this amounts to an overall registration level of 64 per cent. for all three services. The figures by service are as follows:
Percentage RN—RM 50,809 76 Army 103,389 65 RAF 49,565 53 All figures exclude service spouses also registered under the Service voters provisions.