§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 10 September 2003,Official Report, column 754W, on recruitment, if he will list the monthly recruitment numbers from January 1997 to January 2003 for (a) each of the recruitment posts in Scotland, (b) England as a whole, (c) Wales as a whole and (d) Northern Ireland as a whole; and if he will make a statement. [133654]
§ Mr. CaplinThe numbers of other rank enlistments for all three Services in each month from April 1997 to December 2002 are detailed in the following tables. Figures prior to April 1997 are not held centrally. Statistics for officer recruitment are not broken down by region.
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1998 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec England 445 394 459 173 310 366 290 182 419 432 520 18 Wales 39 21 36 13 24 18 26 8 25 25 50 1 N Ireland 8 9 7 1 21 9 8 5 8 12 6 0 Army Scotland: Aberdeen 15 7 6 3 16 9 9 6 15 2 7 1 Dundee 50 36 25 17 32 26 14 38 44 26 34 8 Edinburgh 42 17 21 19 40 14 24 38 59 17 25 18 Glasgow 139 69 102 46 103 46 74 82 151 66 116 22 Inverness 20 9 11 8 17 8 6 10 26 9 7 2 England 1,213 1,084 828 754 1,146 759 900 1,118 1,795 985 1,214 353 Wales 118 80 62 79 103 53 90 87 86 100 101 31 N Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a RAF Scotland: Aberdeen 8 5 10 2 2 4 6 1 1 4 1 6 Dundee 5 8 10 5 7 2 11 1 4 3 5 2 Edinburgh 3 3 3 3 6 2 8 5 4 6 3 2 Glasgow 15 9 16 12 12 13 21 6 4 19 12 9 Inverness 4 5 4 3 7 2 4 5 5 7 8 4 England 289 180 256 246 269 176 289 106 275 321 283 172 Wales 22 9 21 19 20 23 88 18 36 20 36 14 N Ireland 2 9 5 15 9 6 6 2 3 8 5 9
1999 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec RN/RM Scotland: Aberdeen 3 5 5 1 3 4 3 1 5 4 9 0 Dundee 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 2 6 0 8 0 Edinburgh 21 14 12 4 20 15 9 5 17 12 20 2 Glasgow 30 19 20 29 18 17 11 6 20 21 23 2 Inverness 4 6 5 0 4 2 7 0 8 6 4 0 England 434 361 320 282 430 328 337 125 462 364 526 56 Wales 26 30 30 20 24 19 28 15 23 31 25 8 N Ireland 9 2 6 13 5 1 9 1 8 8 9 0 Army Scotland: Aberdeen 15 10 7 6 16 6 3 13 25 9 6 3 Dundee 57 20 25 38 46 26 19 27 35 22 25 14 Edinburgh 36 13 26 17 28 25 20 39 45 10 11 13 Glasgow 122 61 76 84 118 63 40 73 91 56 58 50 Inverness 14 5 12 8 15 7 3 4 25 10 5 4 England 1,607 887 783 741 1,168 723 689 884 1610 778 1262 443 Wales 122 62 61 54 100 68 89 117 115 74 108 43 N Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 1 RAF Scotland: Aberdeen 6 6 0 1 7 7 5 0 6 3 3 2 Dundee 5 6 6 8 5 5 6 2 5 6 6 6 Edinburgh 1 3 13 6 3 10 9 2 8 15 7 4 Glasgow 11 16 13 10 10 16 15 5 19 14 10 12 Inverness 3 7 1 3 5 4 5 1 7 7 4 8 England 235 246 238 205 168 280 263 151 250 303 197 167 Wales 22 21 20 15 13 16 31 9 25 32 15 23 N Ireland 13 16 6 5 11 12 14 2 1 I 13 10 8 232W 233W
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec RN/RM Scotland: Aberdeen 2 6 3 1 4 4 4 0 3 5 8 2 Dundee 3 6 6 1 6 5 4 1 3 8 3 1 Edinburgh 4 18 12 4 17 17 12 3 14 18 24 4 Glasgow 15 17 18 5 15 14 14 1 14 13 22 6 Inverness 3 2 2 2 3 1 8 0 2 5 3 I England 331 352 391 65 417 313 354 1 385 481 346 126 Wales 27 18 34 3 20 21 25 0 26 32 28 9 N Ireland 6 5 9 0 16 5 8 0 5 10 6 2
2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Army Scotland: Aberdeen 23 11 2 3 12 2 13 7 22 9 6 2 Dundee 40 36 19 9 23 19 19 10 51 30 22 9 Edinburgh 39 23 14 5 9 5 22 3 55 25 10 1 Glasgow 120 73 42 35 70 34 51 45 130 58 45 16 Inverness 17 16 5 6 4 3 11 6 30 11 8 3 England 1,626 933 810 387 886 533 834 685 1814 1115 763 429 Wales 128 106 74 30 79 76 58 78 128 106 49 56 N Ireland 2 1 6 16 9 14 11 31 54 18 6 29 RAF Scotland: Aberdeen 7 3 1 7 5 3 4 2 5 4 5 1 Dundee 6 4 7 3 6 7 3 3 12 7 14 4 Edinburgh 11 6 9 7 3 2 3 9 6 0 14 1 Glasgow 19 7 25 13 11 10 13 9 22 3 15 3 Inverness 3 3 4 3 5 2 5 4 5 2 2 1 England 316 114 321 166 234 166 210 156 328 105 344 71 Wales 50 18 35 13 26 27 21 26 23 12 40 22 N Ireland 9 8 22 9 3 9 6 6 12 5 16 2
2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec RN/RM Scotland: Aberdeen 7 3 7 0 4 6 6 0 6 11 9 0 Dundee 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 2 6 5 2 Edinburgh 11 11 28 3 13 16 15 0 16 25 23 6 Glasgow 16 16 24 7 8 14 16 0 18 20 16 8 Inverness 6 2 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 5 5 0 England 335 349 333 95 362 322 433 3 416 541 403 139 Wales 28 29 38 6 22 28 27 0 38 39 25 7 N Ireland 7 8 7 2 11 2 3 0 4 12 7 4 Army Scotland: Aberdeen 12 6 8 1 5 3 3 2 11 7 11 2 Dundee 59 10 21 12 17 10 23 14 42 29 14 8 Edinburgh 47 7 21 10 21 12 11 14 42 28 8 19 Glasgow 175 25 44 29 67 31 55 55 123 83 61 23 Inverness 30 5 8 1 12 0 6 3 21 16 7 3 England 1,600 751 847 587 783 570 765 706 2,061 913 752 428 Wales 133 84 84 77 75 54 85 73 155 87 66 25 N Ireland 14 18 20 15 9 10 14 13 42 10 1 24 RAF Scotland: Aberdeen 5 2 0 2 3 3 1 4 1 7 2 2 Dundee 10 0 6 1 7 7 2 5 6 8 2 12 Edinburgh 14 4 5 5 5 3 7 4 7 5 5 3 Glasgow 1 13 2 2 16 13 13 7 17 5 12 14 Inverness 6 4 3 3 7 4 6 6 4 1 6 3 England 335 161 138 242 208 185 221 205 211 350 239 159 Wales 41 22 11 30 27 27 34 29 21 30 27 22 N Ireland 11 4 5 8 4 3 7 10 12 3 8 5 234W 235W
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec RN/RM Scotland: Aberdeen 8 12 3 2 7 4 1 1 1 0 6 3 Dundee 4 5 3 2 7 6 8 2 5 0 4 4 Edinburgh 14 8 7 13 14 16 12 5 21 0 11 4 Glasgow 8 18 7 7 11 7 10 0 11 0 15 11 Inverness 9 6 3 1 1 6 5 0 3 0 5 1 England 404 367 287 252 316 341 363 45 477 181 350 217 Wales 44 28 15 24 21 26 23 3 32 15 23 6 N Ireland 3 8 10 3 3 4 2 1 13 0 7 8
2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr Mar Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Army Scotland: Aberdeen 11 5 6 3 4 2 9 12 24 4 5 3 Dundee 42 14 31 8 13 8 20 18 61 9 14 8 Edinburgh 63 17 24 21 30 17 20 29 75 16 15 4 Glasgow 130 53 67 58 49 61 93 91 130 40 53 15 Inverness 17 1 4 3 5 4 5 11 23 4 4 4 England 1,648 753 831 679 662 633 875 1,004 2,460 668 820 414 Wales 164 65 98 47 54 43 66 60 143 49 44 22 N Ireland 12 8 25 8 5 8 21 35 16 48 10 53 RAF Scotland: Aberdeen 8 2 2 2 4 2 6 3 6 6 2 0 Dundee 6 1 5 5 8 5 6 8 5 11 11 7 Edinburgh 5 6 5 5 3 3 11 4 10 10 6 1 Glasgow 6 13 0 12 17 9 30 6 12 26 14 6 Inverness 2 2 4 2 6 0 9 8 6 10 5 6 England 270 147 175 157 240 158 344 248 215 358 268 142 Wales 35 26 24 17 37 25 36 34 22 51 21 12 N Ireland 7 8 8 5 5 3 9 3 1 7 4 1