§ 44. Mr. EVERARDasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to increase the number of cadets at Cranwell; and, if so, by how many?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe number of permanent commissions granted in the Royal Air Force each year is limited by the necessity for providing careers satisfactory as regards length of service and prospects of promotion. The recent decision of His Majesty's Government will allow of some increase in the number, but I am not yet in a position to say what the increase will be or how the additional vacancies will, be allocated between the several sources of supply, namely, candidates from the universities, from the public schools via Cranwell, and from within the service.