§ Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Minister of National Service what was the total number of men examined and the number of men passed Grade 1 by the National Service medical boards at Bristol for the weeks ending the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th May and the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd June last, respectively; and what number of such men were between forty-three and fifty-one years of age?
§ Mr. BECKIt would be contrary to the public interest at the present time to give the figures asked for by my hon. Friend, but I may say that, excluding re-examinations, the percentage of the total number of men of the old military age examined at Bristol during May and the first fortnight of June who were passed Grade 1 was 71 per cent., while the percentage of the total number of men over forty-three examined who were passed Grade 1 was 18.6 per cent.