§ 46. Mr. KENNEDYasked the Prime Minister the number of applicants for enlistment in the Army, Navy, and Air Force in England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively, who have been rejected on the ground of physical unfitness during 1630 the last 12 months; and how many of the intending recruits were unemployed at the date of their application for enlistment
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs the answer contains a number of figures, I propose, with the permission of the right hon. Gentleman, to circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the answer:
The number of applicants from 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936, who have been rejected on the grounds of physical unfitness are:
Similar figures for the Royal Air Force are not available for the three countries separately, but the total number of such rejections was: 8,558, of whom 526 were examined in Belfast. As regards the last part of the question, I regret that the information is not available.
Army. Navy. England … … … 18,765 18,212 Scotland … … … 3,654 2,709 Wales … … … 1,442 1,095 23,861 22,016