§ 71. Major Manningham-Bullerasked the Secretary of State for War what number of men now enlisted in the Army have been found to be illiterate?
§ The Financial Secretary to the War Office (Mr. Arthur Henderson)I regret that these figures are not readily available, but just under 1¼ per cent. of men enlisted into the Army in the last year and a half are illiterate. The Army Education authorities are making special efforts to reduce the number of illiterates in the Army.
§ Mr. John DugdaleIs the Minister aware that in a unit in which I served there were 40 illiterates in one division and that after having been asked to find out the number nothing whatever was done to train them to read or write?
§ Mr. HendersonI was not aware of that.