§ Mr. Parkerasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the number of rankers considered by the War Office for appointment to cadetships in the years 1936, 1937 and 1938, respectively?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThe numbers of applications from non-commissioned officers of the Regular Army for appointment to cadetships at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, received and considered by the War Office during the years 1936, 1937 and 1938 were 162, 102 and 65, respectively.