§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many female officers served in the British Army in Northern Ireland in each year since 1969. [1104]
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§ Mr. SoamesThe number of female officers who served in Northern Ireland in each year since 1974 is as follows:
Year Number of female officers 1975 22 1976 25 1977 21 1978 34 1979 31 1980 27 1981 32 1982 22 1983 24 1984 27 1985 28 1986 34 1987 54 1988 54 1989 59 1990 57 1991 62 1992 53 1993 79 1994 64 1995 57 1996 43 Figures for 1969–74 are not available and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary for State for Defence how many Army personnel have been stationed in Northern Ireland in each year since 1969. [1106]
§ Mr. SoamesThe number of Army personnel stationed in Northern Ireland in each year since 1975 is as follows:
Year Number of Army personnel 1975 22,075 1976 22,446 1977 21,241 1978 21,011 1979 20,128 1980 19,116 1981 18,277 1982 17,776 1983 15,588 1984 15,802 1985 15,562 1986 17,419 1987 17,084 1988 16,741 1989 17,199 1990 16,894 1991 17,445 1992 17,996 1993 17,732 1994 17,118 1995 15,954 1996 15,490 Figures given are as of 1 April in the year concerned. They include members of Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Regiment home service component but do not include Navy, Air Force or Territorial Army personnel. Complete figures for 1969 to 1974 are not available.