Mr. T. WILSONasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry 1386W whether a Mr. Haywood is assistant commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force; if so, is Mr. Haywood of military age; and whether Mr. Haywood was recently an insurance clerk in Cardiff and obtained exemption from military service on the ground of his then occupation?
§ Major BAIRDMr. Haywood is an established Civil servant who has been temporarily lent by his Department to the Air Ministry for urgent administrative work in connection with the Women's Royal Air Force. He does not hold the position of assistant commandant. Mr. Haywood is thirty-eight years of age and of Grade 2 medical category. He received a certificate of indispensability from his own Department in September, 1916, and his case, in common with that of all civilians of military age in Government Departments, is under review by a Committee of the Ministry of National Service.