Dr. LITTLEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many of the candidates who have entered for the forthcoming examinations for the Indian Civil Service and the administrative grade of the Home Service, respectively, have stated on their application forms, paragraph (14), that they are ex-service men; how many have stated that their mother tongue is an Indian language; and how many of these Indian candidates have entered for both Services alternatively?
Mr. GUINNESSTen ex-service men are entered for the forthcoming examination for the Administrative Class of the Home Civil Service; none for the Indian Civil Service. Fifty-six candidates are entered for the Indian Service whose mother tongue is an Indian language; of these, four are entered for the Home and Indian Services alternatively.