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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the (a) Black Watch, (b) King's Own Borders and (c) Scots Guards were recruited from Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available. [219051] Mr. Caplin: The information requested for the period 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004, the last full financial year for which figures are available, is shown in the following table. Recruited from Lancashire during financial year 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Regiment Number Black Watch 0 King's Own Royal Border Regiment 15 Scots Guards 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. It should be noted that Infantry recruits are enlisted into a Division and not a specific Regiment. The results in this table may not, therefore, be fully accurate as it reflects those recruits who specified The Black Watch, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Scots Guards as a "Preferred Capbadge" on enlisting as recorded on the database of Headquarters Recruiting Group, who oversee the Army's recruiting offices.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

219051; 431 c1415W;431 c1409W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Army Recruitment Lancashire Black Watch Scots Guards King's Own Royal Border Regiment

Contains statistics

Yes

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