§ Lieut.-Colonel NALLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War how many officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps are stationed in Great Britain with Regular or Territorial units or otherwise; and whether these officers perform any duties for the Ministry of Pensions?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSThe total number of Regular officers, Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Great Britain is 413. Of these, 13 are serving with Territorial Army units and 31 are quartermasters. There is a mutual arrangement between the Ministry of Pensions and the Army under which the Ministry treat soldiers in their hospitals where there is no military hospital and pensioners are 1069W treated in military hospitals where there are no Ministry of Pensions Hospitals. At present there are 51 pensioners being treated in military hospitals in Great Britain and 14 receiving out-door treatment. There are eight soldiers being treated in Ministry of Pensions Hospitals.