§ Captain Kerbyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines have requested permission to leave the service on compassionate, or other personal grounds, in 1959, 1958, 1957, and 1956, respectively; and how many such requests have been approved or rejected.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThe numbers of applications for voluntary retirement submitted to the Admiralty and granted during each of the years in question are:
Applications received Applications approved R.N. R.M. R.N. R.M. 1956 … … 208 10 159 9 1957 … … 237 14 207 13 1958 … … 79 2 43 1 1959 … … 103 4 55 1