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Voluntary Recruitment

Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 July 1947.

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Photo of Mr Stephen Swingler Mr Stephen Swingler , Stafford 12:00, 15 July 1947

asked the Secretary of State for War the monthly rate of voluntary recruitment to the army during the second quarter of 1947.

Photo of Mr John Freeman Mr John Freeman , Watford

Figures for June are not yet available. Approximate totals for April and May are 3,600 and 3,400 respectively. Quarterly figures are placed in the Vote Office by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Defence as they become available.

Lieut.-Colonel Dower:

Could the Parliamentary Secretary give us the figures for the Territorial Army?

Photo of Mr John Freeman Mr John Freeman , Watford

Not without notice.

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