§ 75. Mr. Austinasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the dates of entries to Dartmouth Naval College under A.F.O. 656/48 since the new scheme's inception; how many cadets were accepted with each entry; how many of these were listed for Executive, Engineering and Supply Branches respectively; what is the rate of application; what is the proportion of rejections; what were the main reasons for rejection; and whether he is satisfied with the progress and success of the scheme.
§ Mr. W. EdwardsEntries to Dartmouth under the new scheme were made in September, 1948, and in January of 61W this year. I give below the further information required about these entries and about the number of candidates for the entry in May next. As regards the
ENTRIES TO DARTMOUTH UNDER NEW SCHEME OF ENTRY AT AGE 16 Date of Entry September, 1948 January, 1949 May, 1949 Numbers entered as Cadets: Executive Branch … 12 13 Engineering Branch … 10 10 Supply and Secretariat Branch … 3 4 Total numbers entered … 25 27 Numbers of Applicants … 514 334 205 Numbers who sat examination … 500 319 201 Numbers who failed examination … 437 247 14 Numbers who failed interview … 33 44 Medically unfit … 3 — Unsuccessful as vacancies filled … 2 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Percentage of failures at examination … 87 77 74 Percentage of failures at interview … 7 14 Percentage of medical failures … 0.6 — NOTE:—The interviews of candidates for the May, 1949, entry will take place in March 1949