HC Deb 14 February 1992 vol 203 c692W
Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current estimated number of 16 to 24-year-old males in the recruiting areas of(a) the Queen's Regiment, (b) the King's Own Royal Border Regiment, (c) the Royal Anglian Regiment and (d) the Royal Hampshire Regiment.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Information is not available in the precise form requested, as no regiment recruits exclusively within a particular geographical area. The table shows the total population in the 16 to 24-year-old age group in the following Army districts in 1990:

Population in the 16 to 24-year-old group
Army district 1 1990
South East 538.5
London 456.5
North West 461.3
Eastern 624.9
1Population (thousands).