§ Mr. Andrew Welshasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of auxiliary personnel domiciled in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanDetails of the numbers of auxiliary forces personnel domiciled in Scotland are not available. Numbers on the strength of units based in Scotland at 1 April 1987 were:
Number Home Service Force 575 Royal Auxiliary Air Force 192
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of regular reserve personnel domiciled in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanFull details of the number of regular reserve personnel domiciled in Scotland could not be determined except at disproportionate cost. Those details which are available are as follows:
Number Royal Navy Retired and Emergency Lists of Officers 1250 Royal Navy pensioners 21,236 Royal Marines pensioners 246 Royal Army Reserve of Officers 3240 Army Regular Reserve 43,440 Army Long Term Reserve 44,259 Army pensioners 41,246 1 approximate at 1 April 1987 2 at 1 April 1987 3 at 17 August 1987 excludes officers not allocated to a post on mobilisation 4 at 17 August 1987
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of service personnel from446W (a) the United States navy, (b) the United States air force, (c) the Federal German armed forces and (d) the Dutch armed forces currently stationed in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanDetails of the number of United States, Federal German and Netherlands service personnel stationed in Scotland are as follows:
Number United States Navy 12,079 United States Army 211 United States Air Force 243 Federal German Armed Forces 3— Netherlands Armed Forces 3— 1 At 30 September 1987. 2 At 30 June 1987. 3 No personnel permanently stationed in Scotland.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the total numbers of (1) Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve, (2) Royal Naval Reserve and (3) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel domiciled in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanDetails of the numbers of volunteer reserve forces personnel domiciled in Scotland are not readily available as some units do not draw their numbers on a local territorial basis. Numbers on the strength of units stationed in Scotland at 1 April 1987 were as follows:
Number Royal Naval Reserve 1,074 Royal Marines Reserve 280 Territorial Army 9,737 Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve 422 All RNR/RMR personnel must live within 40 miles of their unit location and consequently the above strength numbers are also the numbers domiciled in Scotland. RAFVR numbers include officers and adult warrant officers engaged in air training corps and combined cadet force training.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of (1) Army, (2) Royal Navy, (3) Royal Marines and (4) Royal Air Force service personnel stationed in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanThe total number of United Kingdom service personnel stationed in Scotland at 1 July 1987 was as follows:
Number All Services 19,627 Royal Navy 8,004 Royal Marines 1,213 Army 12,676 Royal Air Force 7,734 1 Excludes 679 personnel on Emergency Tour. Royal Navy and Royal Marines numbers include personnel on sea service in home waters with ships whose home port is in Scotland.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of total recruiting to (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) and (3) the Royal Air Force in each year since 1979 have been accounted for by recruits domiciled in Scotland or recruited through recruiting offices in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanThe total number of recruits and percentage of total United Kingdom recruitment entered through recruiting offices in Scotland was as follows:
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All services Royal Navy/Royal Marines Royal Navy Royal Marines Army Royal Air Force Number per cent. Number per cent. Number per cent. Number per cent. Number per cent. Number per cent. 1979–80 5,063 10.7 727 7.8 599 7.8 128 7.7 3,170 11.4 1,166 11.2 1980–81 4,969 11.0 787 7.9 646 7.7 141 8.7 3,017 12.0 1,165 11.9 1981–82 2,167 11.0 314 7.9 266 8.0 48 7.3 1,548 12.3 305 9.8 1982–83 2,374 12.5 328 9.2 286 9.1 42 9.9 1,649 14.4 397 10.2 1983–84 4,191 12.4 408 8.6 383 8.9 25 6.0 2,932 14.3 851 10.0 1984–85 3,324 10.8 436 9.0 381 9.7 55 6.1 2,324 11.7 564 9.4 1985–86 3,327 11.6 389 8.4 317 8.7 72 7.1 2,418 13.2 520 9.0 1986–87 3,131 10.6 510 8.7 421 9.0 89 7.6 2,011 11.3 610 10.1 The numbers and rates exclude the following groups who are recruiting centrally; officer entrants to all of the services, service women entrants to the Queen Alexandra's royal naval nursing service prior to 1986–87 and Army-rejoined reservists.
§ Mr. Andrew WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the current total manpower strength of the British armed forces is made up of personnel recruited in Scotland or normally domiciled in Scotland.
§ Mr. FreemanThis information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.