§ Mr. HARMSWORTHTo ask the Secretary to the Admmiralty if he will state what is the average cost per head of training the Royal Marine Artillerymen and the Royal Marine Light Infantrymen from the time they join until they qualify as trained naval gunners, or are 1202 regarded as efficient; and what proportion of the Royal Marine Light Infantrymen qualify as gunners.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster.) The information asked for in the first part of the Question will take some little time to compile, but I shall be happy to send it to the hon. Member if that will meet his wishes. As regards the second part of the Question, there is no rating of gunner in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, but practically every man qualifies as a '' trained man," and receives extra pay as such. The exact proportion could only be ascertained by an examination of the pay sheets at the depots and elsewhere, and would involve considerable labour.