§ Mr. Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Regular Army officers have been commissioned from Sandhurst in each of the last 10 years; how many of each year's output have since applied to retire or resign their commissions; and how many of these have had their applications accepted.
§ Mr. BoydenThe number of Regular Army officers commissioned in each of the last ten years is as follows:
1957 … … … 300 1958 … … … 375 1959 … … … 290 1960 … … … 271 1961 … … … 358 1962 … … … 380 1963 … … … 422 1964 … … … 364 1965 … … … 427 1966 … … … 416 3,603 I regret that records are not kept in a form which would permit the remainder of this Question to be answered without a disproportionate amount of research.