§ Captain Pluggeasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can now state how many officers on the retired and emergency lists have been taken back into active service under the scheme recently announced; what arrangements are to be made during 1939 to provide training facilities for officers under the age of 45 still on those lists; and to ascertain particulars of their post-naval occupations, with a view to ensuring the most suitable appointments for them in the event of an emergency?
§ Mr. ShakespeareFifty-seven officers from the retired and emergency lists have been re-employed under the scheme recently announced. Officers on the retired and emergency lists are, as far as possible, earmarked for the appointments they will fill on mobilisation. Arrangements are in force for giving them any necessary instruction for these appointments. Particulars of any special qualifications they may have obtained since leaving the Active List will be ascertained during the courses of training.