§ Sir T. BRAMSDONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of writer ratings now borne and the number that have been invalided during the last five years; and will he enumerate the numbers invalided and the causes for which they were invalided?
§ Mr. AMMONThe number of writer ratings borne on the 15th September, 1924, was 846. The numbers invalided in the last five years were as follows:
1919 … … … … 127 1920 … … … … 25 1921 … … … … 27 1922 … … … … 15 1923 … … … … 4 I will send the hon. Member details, which are rather long, of the causes of invaliding.