§ Sir F. SYKESasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can state, in respect of the years 1933–24 and 1924–25, and excluding the Royal Air Force in India, the average number of personnel employed, military and civilian; the average number of qualified pilots; the average number of pilots under training; the average number of qualified pilots of the rant of squadron leader or lower rank; the average number of machines employed in
56Wchief insurance officer's decision. Leave to appeal to the Umpire was, not granted, and the decisions reached are therefore final. My right hon. Friend has no power to intervene. The men are required by the Unemployment Insurance Acts to be compulsorily insured against unemployment, and my right hon. Friend has no authority to relieve them from the obligations imposed by the Acts. If, however, any of them can show that they are mainly dependent for their livelihood upon some other non-insurable occupation, they would be entitled to claim exemption from payment of their share of the contributions.