§ Mr. MARKHAMasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, whether the increase of £2,000 in Vote 5 of the Navy Estimates for vocational training is a special provision for the Board of Trade classes referred to in A.F.O. No. 726; and whether the vocational classes are for men in their last year of service only or for all men serving at any period?
§ Mr. AMMONThe increase referred to is for vocational training generally. The vocational classes are open to suitable qualified men serving at any period, subject to drafting requirements, and include provision for a limited number of selected candidates to take the examination for second class engineers.