§ 25. Mr. DAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, seeing that there were 52,245 definite applications for enlistment in the Royal Air Force for the year ended 31st March, 1936, and that during this period only 18,889 were medically examined, he can say when it is proposed to examine and/or reject the balance of these entrants?
§ Sir P. SASSOONOf the 52,245 applications for enlistment in the Royal Air Force in the year ended 31st March, 1936, about 23,000 were rejected on various grounds of unsuitability or were not pursued by the applicants. The remaining applicants were medically examined and 18,889 found physically fit.
§ Sir P. SASSOONThey were rejected on one ground or another.
§ Mr. McGOVERNIs the right lion. Gentleman aware that applicants from Glasgow are brought to London and if rejected have to pay their own expenses, that this is a considerable hardship on many people with inadequate means, and will he see that some examinations take place in Scotland instead of bringing people at their own expense to London?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI will look into that.