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Mr. Cowans
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the recruitment figures to the Armed Services in the Northern Region covering the last five years.
Mr. Wellbeloved
Regional figures for officer entrants to the three Services and for all entrants to Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service are not readily available, as they are recruited centrally. These apart, the numbers of Service personnel recruited in the Northern region in the financial years 1971–72 to 1975–76 and in the first 10 months of 1976–77 are as follows:
| Year | Numbers of Recruits |
| 1971–72 | 3,932 |
| 1972–73 | 3,601 |
| 1973–74 | 2,333 |
| 1974–75 | 3,141 |
| 1975–76 | 3,316 |
| 1976–77 (to 31 Jan 77) | 2,360 |