§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the estimated number of instructors that 1949W will be employed in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve divisions on 1st April, 1924; whether these instructors will be borne on Votes A and 1; and, in any case, whether they in any way prejudice the prospective promotion of active service ratings?
§ Mr. AMMONThe answer to the first part of the question is 79, and to the second part that they are borne on Votes A and 7. With regard to the third part of the question, these instructors are pensioners for most of the time they serve in these appointments and pensioners are not borne on the Advancement Rosters.