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B. Requirements for Non-regular Forces Navy— To build-up and thereafter maintain 850* (three year period) .. .. 300 .Air Force — To build-up and thereafter maintain 1,450* (three year period) .. .. 500 .Army — To build-up and thereafter maintain at least 21,500* (three year period) .. 7,200 Total intake required .. ~ .. ..' ..8,000 ■ * Excluding (a) Women as follows; Air Force .. .. .. .. 50 Army .. .. 1,000 ■ (6) Volunteers outside the age-group as follows: Navy 150 Air Force 500 Army .. .. .. .. .. 3,000 It should be noted, however, that the figure for Army is a minimum one and that Army will take for training the whole of the fit men remaining •available. The actual number will vary from year to year with the size of the age-group as a whole. Estimate of Percentage op Labour Force Affected by the Compulsory Military Training Scheme These figures are estimated on the basis that 9,000 18-year olds will be called up each year under the Compulsory Military Training Scheme. The total available male labour force (including Armed Forces) is estimated to vise from 554,000 in 1950 to 563,000 in 1953, the decline in retirements from the labour force being greater than the decline in young persons entering if. The conversion from man-weeks to the equivalent of full-time withdrawal from the labour force is made on the basis of forty-eight working weeks per year.

* After making an adjustment to allow for the fact that 8 per cent, of the withdrawals will >be students and that students are not included in the total labour-force figures.

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Equivalent of Full-time Withdrawals from the Labour Force. Estimated Total Male Labour Force. Withdrawals as Percentage of Total Labour Force.* J 1950—9,000 recruits for 14 weeks | 2.K25 554.000 •44 1951—9,000 recruits for 14 weeks | 9,000 recruits for 2 weeks j 3.000 557,000 •50 1952—9,000 recruits for 14 weeks ; 18,000 recruits for 2 weeks j 3.375 560,000 • •55 1953—9,000 recruits for 14 weeks 27,000 recruits for 2 weeks j 3,750 563,0oo ■ •61