§ Mr. Quibellasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the names and qualifications of the Selection Board at the Admiralty who interview applicants for short-service commissions in the air branch of the Royal Navy?
§ Colonel LlewellinThe board consists of a flag officer, an officer of the instructor branch of the Navy and an officer of the Fleet Air Arm together with a secretary. It would be contrary to long recognised practice to divulge the names of individuals sitting on a Selection Board of this nature.
§ Mr. Quibellasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what are the essential qualifications for a candidate to possess in order to secure a short-service commission in the Royal Naval Air Force?
§ Colonel LlewellinThe regulations concerning short-service commissions in the air branch of the Royal Navy may be summarised as requiring candidates to be unmarried British subjects between 17½ and 23, physically fit and having attained a standard of education, including mathematics, at least equivalent to that of the school certificate issued by the examination board of a British University. Candidates fulfilling these requirements come before a selection board who recommend for commissions those candidates who appear to be most likely to make good and competent officers.