asked the Minister of Defence if he will indicate the number of separate recruiting stations for the three Services in Nottingham; and indicate the number of recruits obtained during the last three months at each station.

The War Office maintain two separate recruiting offices in Nottingham, one each for men and women; the Air Ministry have one recruiting office; the Admiralty, apart from a small sub-office which opens only one day a week, share the Ministry of Labour Combined recruiting centre which deals with National Service men for all three Services. The numbers recruited through these centres in the three months ending on 30th November were—Navy 116, Army 175, R.A.F. 94.