§ 14. Major HENNESSYasked the Secretary of State for War whether the attention of the Government has been called to the fact that certain secondary school cadet corps are being disbanded owing to the want of sufficient funds to keep them up; that since the War certain additional privileges have been accorded to schools having in them recognised junior officer training corps; and that no such extension of privileges has been made to similar schools having corps recognised under cadet corps regulations; whether the Government has been approached by educational associations to remove the differential treatment being accorded to schools in the matter of recognition of junior officer training corps and cadet corps; and whether the Government is prepared to take steps to accord equal treatment to all secondary schools in the matter of recognition for purposes of cadet training?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe whole question of the cadet force has been the subject of careful consideration by the War Office in conjunction with the other Departments concerned, and I hope that a decision will shortly be reached, and that I shall be in a position to make an announcement on the matter at an early date.