§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will provide a breakdown by individual Army recruiting office in the United Kingdom of (i) expenditure and (ii) the number of Army personnel recruited; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what is the total expenditure on Army recruiting offices in the United Kingdom; how many Army personnel are recruited from each Army personnel centre in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe available information requested is set out in the table:
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Year up to 4 April 1992 Main Army Careers Information Office Enlistments Expenditure in financial year 1991–92 £ million Middlesbrough 736 Newcastle 602 Hull 348 Bradford 227 Leeds 451 Sheffield 392 North East Total 2,756 3.6 Birmingham 639 Coventry 143 Shrewsbury 252 Stoke 256 Western Total 1,290 1.89 Leicester 208 Lincoln 217 Nottingham 532 Norwich 333 Cambridge 424 Southend 285 Eastern Total 1,999 2.6 Brighton 327 Canterbury 427 Reading 312 Southampton 398 South East Total 1,464 2.18 Central London 85 BAOR 123 Forest Gate 246 Surbiton 131 Wembley 121 London Total 706 1.94 Bristol 378 Bournemouth 359 Exeter 713 South West Total 1,450 1.86 Carlisle 234 Chester 304 Liverpool 560 Manchester 631
Main Army Careers Information Office Enlistments Expenditure in financial year 1991–92 £ million Preston 539 North West Total 2,268 2.37 Aberdeen 122 Dundee 246 Rutland 421 Glasgow 964 Inverness 120 Scotland Total 1,873 2.67 Cardiff 448 Swansea 224 Wrexham 347 Wales Total 1,019 1.14 Belfast 411 Northern Ireland Total 411 0.53 TOTALS 15,236 20.78