Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 August 1947.
Mr Stephen Swingler
, Stafford
12:00,
12 August 1947
asked the Secretary of State for War what rate of voluntary recruitment is required in the next 15 months in order to maintain an army of 425,000 at the end of 1948.
Mr Frederick Bellenger
, Bassetlaw
The figure of 425,000 to which my hon. Friend has referred, will, of course, be made up of Regulars and National Service men. The Regular content will ultimately be in the region of 220,000 and we should like to get some 4,000 recruits a month to hasten the build-up of our Regular Forces to this figure.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
