§ Mr. Rhodesasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what percentage of cadets accepted for entry into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth were educated previously in Headmasters' Conference schools, in each of the years from 1954 to 1964, inclusive;
(2) what percentage of cadets accepted for entry into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth were educated previously in fully-maintained state secondary schools, in each of the years from 1954 to 1964, inclusive.
Mr. MallalieuThe cadet entry to Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, from the various schools are shown on the following table:
College, Dartmouth, were accepted, in each of the years 1954 to 1964, inclusive, in categories of boys from Headmaster" 137W Conference schools, and from fully-maintained State secondary schools, respectively.
Mr. MallalieuThe success rate at the Admiralty Interview Board for entry into the Royal Navy General List are as follows:
Year Percentage from Independent Schools Percentage from Direct Grant Schools Percentage from State Secondary Schools (including Maintained Grammar Schools and Technical Colleges 1954 60 43 34 1955 61 39 37 1956 58 42 35 1957 66 52 38 1958 71 41 40 1959 63 51 40 1960 66 59 51 1961 59 58 47 1962 65 54 52 1963 59 55 47 1964 61* 66 53 Notes:
(1) The above percentages are based on the total numbers of all applicants appearing before the Admiralty Interview Board, including Commonwealth candidates. It should be noted that:
- (a) For various reasons not all initial applicants appear before the Admiralty Interview Board: some withdraw before that stage; some are rejected on nationality grounds or because they are not taking the required G.C.E. subjects; some who are seeking scholarships do not !pass local preliminary selection boards.
- (b) Not all applicants successful at the Admiralty Interview Board subsequently enter B.R.N.C. because some withdraw, some do not obtain the required educational qualifications, and others fail on medical grounds.
(2) The great majority of Headmasters Conference Schools are among those in column (1), but a few come under column (2). The breakdown of schools in all three columns follows that used in the enquiry into Cadet Entry into the Royal Navy (Cmd. 8845) called the Montague Report.
(3) The percentages refer to applications for entry to the General List only.
(4) The figure marked * corrects the figure of 46 per cent. quoted in the OFFICIAL REPORT of 15th March, Col. 947, which was erroneous and was the result of an unfortunate clerical error at that time.
(5) For the Supplementary List a collated record is maintained of the schools of entrants (given in my previous answer today), but not of the 138W schools of unsuccessful applicants; an analysis embracing the latter could not now be reconstructed without extensive researches.
§ Mr. Rhodesasked the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of entrants into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, was from boys attending schools north of a line drawn from the Humber to the Severn in each of the years 1954 to 1964, inclusive.
Mr. MallalieuThe percentages of Cadet entry to Britannia Royal Naval College from schools north of a line Humber to the Severn were as follows:
Year General List Supplementary List 1954 23 — 1955 18 — 1956 22 — 1957 20 — 1958 20 — 1959 20 — 1960 23 59 1961 22 48 1962 27 36 1963 31 53 1964 25 30 NoteThese figures are not directly comparable with those quoted in the Official Report of 15th March, Col. 947, which related to numbers of applicants for scholarships, the only category for which an analysis was readily available at that time.