The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
28.
Lorna Fitzsimons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women were employed in Her Majesty's armed forces (a) in the year before May 1997 and (b) since May 1997. [75993]
Mr. Doug Henderson
The information requested is given in the table:
| Date | Number of women employed in the armed forces | Total strength of the armed forces |
| 1 May 1996 | 15,596 | 220,988 |
| 1 May 1997 | 14,834 | 210,269 |
| 1 May 1998 | 15,732 | 203,739 |
| 1 January 19991 | 16,119 | 208,763 |
| 1 Latest data available | ||
30.
Ms Stuart
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women were employed in Her Majesty's armed forces (a) on 1 May 1997 and (b) 1 March 1999. [75995]
Mr. Doug Henderson
On 1 May 1997 14,834 women were employed in the armed forces. Figures for 1 March 1999 are not yet available but on 1 January 1999, the latest date for which data are available, there were 16,119 women employed in the armed forces.