§ 63. Mr. RENNIE SMITHasked the Secretary of State for War the number and strength of the senior and junior 607 cadet corps in this country in each of the years 1898, 1906, 1914, and the latest available figure, together with the Government financial contribution in each case?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSThe senior and junior officers' training corps contingents were instituted in 1908; the cadet corps were first officially recognised in 1910. I have therefore had a table prepared showing the figures for 1914 and 1928, and I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
| — | 1914. | 1923. | ||||||
| Contingents. | Numbers (excluding officers). | Grants. | Contingents. | Numbers (excluding officers). | Grants. | |||
| Officers' Training Corps— | £ | £ | ||||||
| Senior Division | … | … | 23 | 5,208* | 56,090† | 20 | 4,258* | 88,300† |
| Junior Division | … | … | 159 | 26,504* | 173 | 33,838* | ||
| Cadet Corps | … | … | 1,007 | 39,045‡ | 5,035 | 935 | 49,014‡ | 10,332ş |
| * These figures relate to 1st October. | ||||||||
| † Efficiency and other grants, and camp grants, etc.; excludes pay of Permanent Staff, etc. See page 45, Army Estimates, 1914–15, and pages 62 and 63, Army Estimates, 1928. | ||||||||
| ‡ These figures relate to 31st October. | ||||||||
| ş See pages 60 and 61, Army Estimates, 1928. Excludes cost of loan of camp equipment, etc. |