§ Mr. Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Air how many university air squadrons now exist in the United Kingdom; and what was the strength of each of these squadrons at the latest convenient date.
Mr. WardSeventeen. The strength of each squadron at the beginning of the current academic year, before the selection of new members, was as follows
PILOT FLIGHTS Aberdeen … … 23 Birmingham … … 22 Bristol … … 26 Cambridge … … 41 Durham … … 24 Edinburgh … … 16 Glasgow … … 32 Hull … … 21 Leeds … … 29 Liverpool … … 20 London … … 30 Manchester … … 23 Nottingham … … 27 Oxford … … 53 Queens … … 33 Southampton … … 24 St. Andrews … … 26 — 470
AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION FLIGHTS Birmingham … … 14 Leeds … … 12 … … — 26
TECHNICAL FLIGHTS Nottingham … … 14 Southampton … … 23 — 37 Total Strength … … 533 The new intakes are likely to increase these figure by about one-half.