Lieut.-Commander Hutchisonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of engine room artificers who took the examination for warrant engineer during each of the years 1946 and 1947; how many passed this examination in each year; and how many have actually been promoted to warrant rank.
Mr. Dugdale51 engine room artificers took the examination for warrant engineer in 1946, 18 of them passed and have since been promoted. In 1947, 65 took the examination, 13 passed and 12 have since been promoted.