Women's Royal Voluntary Service

HC Deb 04 February 1988 vol 126 cc717-8W

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Women's Royal Voluntary Service personnel have been assisting the Army for each year since 1979.

Mr. Freeman

The number of Women's Royal Voluntary Service personnel who have been employed in work assisting the Army in each year from 1979 to 1987 is as follows:

	Number
1979	32
1980	35
1981	38
1982	36
1983	34
1984	32
1985	32
1986	26
1987	21

Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding has been provided by his Department for Women's Royal Voluntary Service personnel attached to Army units for each year since 1979.

Mr. Freeman

The amount of funding provided by the Ministry of Defence to the Women's Royal Voluntary Service in the years from 1979 to 1987 has been as follows:

	£
1979	59,250
1980	67,575
1981	67,200
1982	76,218
1983	85,000
1984	96,000
1985	130,944
1986	92,204
1987	100,717