§ Brigadier-General CHARTERISasked the Secretary of State for War what is 48W the approximate cost of each cadet at Woolwich and Sandhurst; what is the proportion of instructional and medical staff, respectively, to the number of cadets; and whether the whole of the available accommodation at each of these institutions is now occupied?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSFor the year 1925–26 the estimated cost of a cadet is £524 at Woolwich and £391 at Sandhurst. The proportion of instructional staff to the number of cadets is 1 to 43 at Woolwich and 1 to 63 at Sandhurst. At Woolwich there is one medical officer and five other ranks, and the proportion is therefore 1 to 37.5. At Sandhurst there are two medical officers, two nurses, eight other ranks and three civilians, and the proportion is therefore 1 to 40, but the medical personnel attend to the staff as well as the cadets, and at Sandhurst they attend also to the Staff College. At neither of the institutions is the whole of the available accommodation occupied at present.