§ 65. Mr. Wiggasked the Secretary of State for War the number of boys serving in the Infantry Regiment Boys' Battalion on 31st December, 1952, 1953, and 1954; the number of boys selected for training as officers since the Battalion was first formed; and the number who have been commissioned.
§ Mr. F. Maclean121, 385 and 338 respectively. Two boys have been selected for training as officers since the Battalion was first formed and they are now at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. There has not been time for a boy from the Battalion to have been commissioned.