HC Deb 18 November 1959 vol 613 c132W
Dr. King

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of applicants for Army cadetships, and the number who were selected from independent, direct grant, and state grammar schools, respectively, for the latest available period.

Mr. Soames

There are two entries to Sandhurst each year. For the 1959 entries, the details requested are as follows:

Applications Numbers accepted
Independent schools 429 219
Direct grant schools 78 34
Maintained schools 274 99
Educated overseas 12 6
Totals 793 358