HC Deb 16 February 1954 vol 523 cc1799-800
23. Mr. Yates

asked the Secretary of State for War the cost of maintaining National Service man 22149853 Daniel Kemmings, Ladywood, Birmingham, since he commenced his National Service nearly five years ago to date.

Mr. Head

Up to 31st January this year, the cost to the Army had been about £300.

Mr. Yates

Would that include the cost of detention, because this man has been in the Army for more than five years without completing his National Service? Is it not very uneconomic to keep a man as long as that?

Mr. Head

A good deal of the cost of this man during this period was paid by the Home Secretary.