To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Regular Army recruiting offices operate a capping system whereby a top figure of potential recruits has been allocated irrespective of the number of potential applicants.

Individual Army careers information offices do not operate capping systems. The total number of recruits into the Army is, however, limited by the number of vacancies which are forecast to arise. The acceptance of any potential recruit into the Army is therefore determined centrally and on merit, regardless of the Army careers information office to which he or she applied.