Written question asked by Gerald Howarth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 June 2004. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 June 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits have applied to join the Army in the past year; and how many of those have been (a) judged suitable, (b) accepted for training and (c) deferred. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new recruits have applied to join the Army in the past year; and how many of those have been (a) judged suitable, (b) accepted for training and (c) deferred. [177145] Mr. Caplin: The number of new recruits who have applied to join the Army in the past year (training year 2003-2004), have been judged suitable, accepted for training and deferred are detailed as follows. Training year--2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of new recruits Applicants 35,224 Judged suitable/job offer 18,133 Accepted for training 13,783 Deferred1 10,099 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Deferrals include those who are deferred for medical reasons, for fitness and as a result of the Principal Selection officer interview held at the end of attendance at a Recruit Selection Centre It should be noted that those deferred will normally re-apply at a later stage, hence the figures for those deferred and accepted for training will not equate to the job offer figure in year.

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