§ Dr. Kingasked 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. SoamesThere 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