§ Mr. CashTo 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 HamiltonInformation 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).