§ Mr. Roebuckasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing for the last four years the number of male officers recruited into each of the Services and whether they were educated at public schools, direct grant schools, or state schools.
§ Mr. ReynoldsThe numbers of male officers commissioned during the last four years are as follows:
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1963 1964 1965 1966 Royal Navy and Royal Marines 583 667 672 596 Army 1,312 1,588 1,516 1,402 Royal Air Force 1,045 1,108 858 919 Information as to the type of school attended is readily available only for cadet entrants to the Service Colleges and first appointments to the Royal Marines,
1963 1964 1965 1966 Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal Air Force Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal Air Force Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal Air Force Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal Air Force Independent Schools … 186 44 205 42 184 30 130 15 Direct Grant Schools … 48 23 75 11 39 14 49 12 State Schools … 212 94 272 117 297 97 307 143 Total … 446 161 552 170 520 141 486 170
1963 1964 1965 1966 Army Headmasters' Conference Schools … 254 275 245 222 Non-Headmasters' Conference Schools … 148 173 209 216 Total … 402 448 454 438