HC Deb 07 March 1961 vol 636 c36W
Mr. Willis

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what was the total number of chief petty officers, other than artificers and mechanicians, borne at 1st January, 1961; and what was the number of these who were under 30 years of age at that date.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

3,500, of whom about 20 were under 30 years of age.