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Armed Forces: Yorkshire and the Humber

Volume 496: debated on Monday 20 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were recruited to the armed forces through Armed Forces Career Offices in the Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2001. (285704)

The number of officers recruited to the Royal Air Force through Armed Forces Career Offices in the Yorkshire and Humberside area can be found in the following table.

RAF

2003-04

20

2004-05

10

2005-06

20

2006-07

20

2007-08

30

2008-09

30

The Naval Service currently recruit officers through one of seven Officer Careers Liaison Centres (OCLCs) situated throughout England, and Army officers are currently recruited by Army Career Advisors and are not recruited through the Armed Forces Career Offices. Both of these figures are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The number of Other Ranks recruited to the armed forces through Armed Forces Career Offices in the Yorkshire and Humberside area can be found in the following table.

Naval Service

Army

RAF

2001-02

1,330

2002-03

1,510

2003-04

270

1,300

310

2004-05

260

1,020

180

2005-06

280

1,110

130

2006-07

250

1,390

180

2007-08

240

1,230

230

2008-09

260

1,300

320

Following a move onto a new reporting system accurate data for the Naval Service and RAF are only available from financial year 2003-04.

Yorkshire and Humberside covers the Armed Forces Careers Offices based in Hull, Leeds and Sheffield. Additionally Army Regular soldier figures include those recruited from Army Career Information Offices in York, Scarborough, Barnsley, Doncaster, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Wakefield.

All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to avoid disclosure and are provisional and subject to review.