§ Mr. Russellasked the Minister of Labour the number of men who registered in 1950; the number of such men found to be medically unfit for call up; and the number of men actually called up for National Service during the period.
§ Mr. BevanApproximately 301,000, men, nearly all of whom were born in 1932, registered for National Service in 1950. An analysis of the National Service registers on 29th September, 1950 (see page 371 of the Ministry of Labour Gazette, November, 1950) showed that 20,100 of the men in the first half of the 1932 age class who had, by that date, been medically examined had been found medically unfit for service. Later figures are not yet available. Approximately 174,000 men were called up for National Service during 1950; over half of these were men who registered in the latter part of 1949, or who registered earlier and were called up on expiry of postponement or deferment.