Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewingasked the Secretary of State for War what percentage of National Service men do a proportion of their service in overseas theatres, including Western Germany.
§ Mr. HeadI regret that this figure is not readily available and to get it would mean a special and laborious inquiry. I can, however, say that during the past year at any one time between 44 per cent. and 48 per cent. of all National Service men in the active Army were serving outside this country.