§ 41. Commander Courtneyasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the number of successful applicants for this year's intake into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; what proportion of the original number of applicants this figure represents; and how many otherwise suitable individuals failed to reach the required educational standard.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing146 applicants for this year's intake to Dartmouth as general list cadets, entered the College in September 67 who would otherwise have qualified failed to reach the required educational standard. Not all of these 67 have been lost to the Royal Navy however; 25 are young enough to join the general list this year if they obtain their academic qualifications, and 21 have been accepted for the seaman supplementary list. As the scholarship scheme entrants qualified from a number of different competitions, it is not possible to estimate what proportion the successful candidates represent of the original number of applicants.