§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations of each Army careers information office functioning in Yorkshire since 1990, indicating the dates on which they were open, their running costs and the total number of annual recruits. [16650]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is set out in the tables. Details of running costs are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Office Year opened Barnsley 1975 The ACI0 closed in February 1995; it re-opened in May 1996. Bradford 1959 Doncaster 1961 Halifax 1990 The ACI0 was destroyed by an IRA bomb in February 1990. The office re-located to the local TA centre. Huddersfield 1906 Leeds 1995 AC10 closed 1995. Now opened as a Tti-Service Armed Forces Careers Office. Scarborough 1992 Sheffield 1964 Shared site with the Royal Navy. Wakefield 1958 York 1972 The total number of recruits annually since 1990 is:
- 1990–1991: 1,612
- 1991–1992: 1,176
- 1992–1993: 1,118
- 1993–1994: 643
- 1994–1995: 1,169
- 1995–1996: 913
- 1996–19971: 1,231.
Figure for Financial Year 1996–97 is an estimate based on performance to date.