HC Deb 16 November 1911 vol 31 cc522-3
MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINE

asked what percentage of non-commissioned officers and men, above the age of eighteen, in the Regular Army, at home and abroad, are married on the strength and off the strength?

Colonel SEELY

There are no statistics available to show how many of these non-commissioned officers and men are married, but the average number of women on the married establishment for 1910 amounted to 20,199.

MARQUESS of TULLIBARDINE

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether before the Insurance Clause was brought in no statistics were asked for by the Treasury?

Colonel SEELY

An estimate had to be made and we knew the precise number of the average of married women. We had ample materials to go upon.