§ 74. Commander Purseyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of boys at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook; how many are the sons of commissioned officers and ratings, respectively; and how many are orphans of officers and ratings, respectively.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThe total number of boys at the school is 694. Of these: 79 boys are the sons of direct entry officers—including 13 orphans;
102W157 boys are the sons of officers promoted after at least four years' service on the lower deck—including 7 orphans; 458 boys are sons of ratings—including 64 orphans.
§ 75. Commander Purseyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of new entries this term into the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook; how many were the sons of commissioned officers and ratings, respectively; and how many were orphans of officers and ratings, respectively.
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§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuOf the 24 boys who were entered at the beginning of this term, 15 were the sons of ratings and 6 of these had only one parent living; 8 were the sons of officers promoted after at least 4 years' service on the lower deck and one of these had only one parent living; one was the son of a direct entry officer with both parents living.
§ Commander Purseyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number of officers' sons at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, whose fees are wholly paid from the Services Education Fund and whose parents themselves pay nothing; and what is the number of ratings' widows who themselves have to pay fees.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThere are at the Royal Hospital School 26 sons of direct entry officers and 107 sons of officers promoted after at least four years' service on the lower deck, in respect of whom full fees are paid. Their parents are eligible to claim Navy Education Allowance, in the same way as the 189 serving ratings who have sons at the School. Of the ratings' widows with sons at the School, 13 contribute to the cost of maintaining their boys.