MR. ARNOLD-FORSTEEI beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what is the total number of boys for whom there is accommodation upon the existing training ships for the Royal Navy; and what is the number of boys voted by Parliament for the present year?
* SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHThere is accommodation in existing training ships for 5,706 boys. On page 6 of the Navy Estimates are to be found the numbers voted by Parliament, namely—Boys under training, 3,700, and boys available for sea service, 4,594; total, 8,204.