§ 83. Dr. Broughtonasked the Secretary of State for War if he will arrange that, in any further reprint of the form used for giving joining instructions to Z reservists, there will be an alteration in the unnecessarily imperative wording of the paragraph which demands the acknowledgment of the receipt of the form.
§ 94. Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for War what is the average amount of notice of the date of call up which is now being given to Z reservists.
§ Mr. HeadThe preliminary warning notices were sent to all reservists required to train this year on or before 19th January. The notice to join for training is now being sent out 7–8 weeks before the date on which the reservist is required to join.
§ 98. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for War how many Z reservists applied for postponement or for withdrawal of their recall for service; how many of these were granted; and for what main reasons.
§ Mr. HeadThe numbers of applications for postponement or cancellation of training and of all cases in which a change in training dates has been arranged are not recorded centrally. Up to 19th June exemption had been granted this year to 51,726 Z reservists. Of these 35,527 were on medical grounds, 7,667 were for compassionate reasons and 8,532 for other reasons.