§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for War what number and what proportion of men who completed their training in Primary Training Centres during the quarter ended 30th September 1946, were allocated to each arm of the service.
§ Mr. BellengerThe following are the figures: 11W
GENERAL SERVICE INTAKES. Allocation to Arms from Primary Training Centres. Arm. July, 1946. August, 1946. September, 1946. Out-Put. Percentage of total output. Out-Put. Percentage of total output. Out-Put. Percentage of total output. Royal Armoured Corps including House.hold Cavalry. 574 4.7 740 4.94 803 5.19 Royal Artillery 2,091 14.82 2,774 18.50 2,872 18.55 Royal Engineers 859 6.08 962 6.42 1,138 7.35 Royal Signals 856 6.07 790 5.27 969 6.26 Infantry including Foot Guards, Army Air Corps and General Service Corps. 3,039 21.54 3,519 23.47 3,326 21.49 Royal Army Service Corps 1,720 12.19 2,148 14.33 2,034 13.14 Royal Army Medical Corps and Army Dental Corps. 1,176 8.34 775 5.17 798 5.15 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 657 4.66 916 6.11 1,069 6.91 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1,328 9.41 794 5.30 889 5.74 Royal Army Pay Corps 215 1.52 130 .87 170 1.18 Pioneer Corps 250 1.77 278 1.85 182 1.18 Other Corps including Royal Army. Veterinary Corps, Army Educational Corps, Corps of Military Police, Army Physical Training Corps and Intelligence Corps. 1,344 9.53 1,168 7.79 1,228 7.94 14,109 100.00 14,994 100.00 15,478 100.00