§ 23. Mr. PARKERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of cadets entered for the executive and engineering branches of the Navy through Dartmouth College and the public schools and the number of Royal Marine officers entered in each year during the years 1931 to 1936; and the number of promotions to commissioned rank from the lower deck in these branches under the sub-lieutenant and similar schemes in each year during the same period?
§ Sir S. HOAREAs the answer to this question consists of a table of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
§ missioned boatswains and boatswains, re-respectively, and the total of these two classes of officers on the active list of the Navy List in July, 1914, and at the present time?
405§ Sir S. HOAREAs the answer to this question consists of a table of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the table:
| Rank. | Number on Navy List. | |
| July, 1914. | November, 1936. | |
| Captain | 281 | 215 |
| Commander | 416 | 418 |
| Lieutenant-Commander | 744 | 977 |
| Lieutenant | 1,296 | 1,075 |
| Sub-Lieutenant | 332 | 169 |
| 3,069 | 2,854 | |
| Chief or Commissioned Gunners | 193 | 332 |
| Gunners | 908 | 312 |
| Chief or Commissioned Boatswains | 118 | 33 |
| Boatswains | 238 | 83 |
| 1,457 | 760 | |
| NOTES.—(i) The numbers of Captains to Sub-Lieutenants refer only to Officers of the Executive category; (ii) the numbers for 1914 include Officers on the Supplementary Lists. |