§ Colonel DAYasked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the Workshop Training Battalion, Royal Tank Corps, was disbanded on the 31st May, and the responsibility for second-line repairs of units transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, he will state what economy is expected to follow the change; and what action has been taken for the disposal of the personnel, etc., of the Workshop Training Battalion?
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSAs to the first part of the question, it is hoped to effect a saving of over £50,000 in a normal year; as to the second, the bulk of the personnel is being transferred to other units of the Royal Tank Corps or other arms of the Service; a few officers are being retired and a few men transferred to the reserve or discharged.