§ 17. Mr. ASHLEYasked 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.