HC Deb 29 February 1916 vol 80 c857
17. Mr. ASHLEY

asked whether a general officer and a separate staff are still being employed for the training centres of Salisbury and Ripon; if not, what is the annual saving to public funds by their suppression; and who is performing the duties formerly entrusted to them?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)

Under the new arrangements for the command of the Home Forces it is intended to dispense with these separate training-centre commands, but the new arrangements are not yet sufficiently settled to enable me to give figures for the saving. The duties will fall to the General Officers Commanding-in-Chief of the commands in which the camps are situated.