§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Army careers information office in Micklegate, York to close. [21111]
§ Mr. SoamesThe Army careers information office at Micklegate, York was due to close in April 1996. However, the office, together with a number of others, was retained as part of an initiative to increase recruiting. There are currently no plans to close the York office.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations of each(a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air force careers information office functioning in Yorkshire and Humberside since 1990, indicating the dates on which they were opened and of subsequent closures. [21110]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is set out in the tables.
Royal Navy Office Date opened Date closed Hull 8 February 1967 Still open Leeds 25 March 1958 1995 (Now opened as a tri-Service AFCO) Sheffield 1964 Still open
Royal Air Force Office Date opened Date closed Bradford 2 January 1959 1 December 1995 Grimsby Pre 1989 (date u/k) 3 March 1995 Huddersfield 23 March 1960 31 March 1995 Hull 8 February 1967 Still open Leeds 31 March 1950 1995 (Now opened as a tri-Service AFCO) Sheffield 26 December 1964 Still open York 30 September 1971 8 May 1996 AFCO = Armed Forces Careers Office.