§ Captain C. Smithasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of cadets, trained under the special engineering cadets scheme, who have been accepted for service for the R.N.; how many of them were accepted for commissions; and how many of them had been in the R.N. prior to their taking the engineering cadet course.
§ Mr. AlexanderThe total number of Engineer Cadets accepted for the Navy was 566. Of these, 352 were accepted for immediate commissions and 56 were promoted after training. In addition, a number of ratings were released to enable them to take the Engineer Cadet Course. Seventeen of these were accepted, eight of them for immediate commissions.