§ Mr. Parkerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the number of candidates in the three branches of executive warrant rank, gunner, gunner (T), and boatswain, required for promotion in the years 1933 to 1938, inclusive; the number of candidates available and promoted and the number of officers in each of these branches who have been re-engaged after the retiring age of 50; the number of lieutenants in each branch who have similarly been re-engaged; and the number required under the recent appeal for lieutenants (ex-warrant officer)?
Mr. CooperI regret that in the time at my disposal I have been unable to obtain the information asked for in the first two parts of the hon. Member's question. The numbers promoted to warrant rank are as follow:
Calendar year Gunner. Gunner(T). Boat-swain. 1933 17 24 11 1934 24 7 7 1935 21 14 7 1936 27 16 20 1937 46 16 12 1938 (to date) 23 13 13 The numbers re-engaged after reaching the retiring age of 50 are as follow:
Calendar year. Cmd.Gunner. Cmd.Gunner(T). Cmd.Boat-swain. 1933 13 Nil 8 1934 11 5 4 1935 6 4 4 1936 7 3 Nil. 1937 5 2 2 1938 (to date) 2 2 1 The number of lieutenants (or lieutenant-commanders) who have been re-engaged in these branches and the numbers required are:
Rank. Engaged. Required. Lieutenants (ex Gunner). Not available. 12 Lieutenants (ex Gunner (T) 11 22 Lieutenants (ex Boatswain). Nil Nil.