§ Sir R. W. Smithasked the Secretary of State for War how many Auxiliary Territorial Service receiving centres there are in England and Scotland, respectively; if the centres are inspected by representatives from the War Office; if the War Office have surprise inspections of the centres carried out in order to see that the premises are kept in proper order; and 1833W how many surprise inspections have been made in England and Scotland, respectively, in the course of the last 12 months?
§ Captain MargessonThere are 13 Auxiliary Territorial Service training centres in England, three in Scotland, and one in Northern Ireland. These centres are regularly inspected by the Inspector of the Auxiliary Territorial Service at the War Office and members of her staff, and in addition inspections are carried out in the normal course of their duties by other Auxiliary Territorial Service staff officers and by members of the Army Council. Units are visited with or without notice as opportunity occurs, but no statistics are available which would enable me to answer the last part of the Question.