§ Mr. Hattersleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to secure greater efficiency and economy in Service training at undergraduate and graduate level.
§ Mr. HealeyI have set up a Committee, consisting of Professor Michael Howard, Professor of War Studies in the
16WArmy; and how many of these posts will become redundant under the reorganisation of the Reserves;
(6) whether the figure of £4 million saved on redundancies in the Regular Army predicates a cut in the overall establishment of the Regular Army.
§ Mr. ReynoldsThe following table gives the information requested; as the Army Volunteer Reserve will replace both the Territorial Army and the Army Emergency Reserve the comparison includes the cost of the Army Emergency Reserve as well as the Territorial Army.
University of London, and Mr. C. R. English, the Senior Chief Inspector of the Department of Education and Science, to investigate this matter. The Committee will work on the basis of a study carried out in my Department of the future requirements of the Services for officers and of the impact upon the Services of national developments in the field of 17W higher education. The Committee will in particular review the work of the colleges at Dartmouth, Sandhurst, Cranwell, Shrivenham, Manadon and Greenwich.