HC Deb 27 February 1946 vol 419 c397W
Captain C. Smith

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of cadets, trained under the special engineering cadets scheme, who have been accepted for service for the R.N.; how many of them were accepted for commissions; and how many of them had been in the R.N. prior to their taking the engineering cadet course.

Mr. Alexander

The total number of Engineer Cadets accepted for the Navy was 566. Of these, 352 were accepted for immediate commissions and 56 were promoted after training. In addition, a number of ratings were released to enable them to take the Engineer Cadet Course. Seventeen of these were accepted, eight of them for immediate commissions.