§ Mr. Parkerasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the estimated cost of Dartmouth College for this year; the number of cadets now borne; the present total number of staff, civilian and naval, including ratings; the number of vacancies offered for Dartmouth cadets at the last entry and date; and the number of applicants and those rejected for medical, educational, and other reasons, respectively?
§ Colonel LlewellinThe estimated cost to Navy Votes of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in the current financial year, is £117,000. The number of cadets at present training is 497, and the total staff, civilian and naval, including ratings, is 339.
For the last entry into the college in January, 1939, about 45 vacancies were offered. Applicants totalled 108, of whom 73 were selected by the Interview Committee to sit for the examination, but of this number 10 were found to be medically unfit, so that 63 took the examination. 43 were declared successful. Of the 35 not selected for the examination three were medically unfit.