§ Mr. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for War what were the secondary schools or equivalents attended by each officer commissioned, other than quartermaster, into each regiment of Guards in the last five years.
§ Mr. ProfumoExcluding quartermasters, all officers commissioned into the Brigade of Guards during the last five years attended independent schools with the exception of one who attended a direct grant school and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, and of one who attended a State secondary school and two who were educated abroad, all of whom were commissioned into the Coldstream Guards.
§ Mr. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for War how many officers, other than quartermasters, commissioned into each regiment of Guards in the last 10 years, received a substantial proportion of their education at State secondary schools.
§ Mr. ProfumoOne who was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards.
§ Mr. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of officers with university degrees commissioned in the last five years, and the number commissioned into each regiment of Guards.
§ Mr. Profumo153 university graduates have been granted permanent Regular Army commissions in the last five years. One was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards and two each into the Scots, Trish and Welsh Guards.
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