§ Mr. Roebuckasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is satisfied that the percentage of cadet entrants to the Service Colleges from schools which are not members of the Headmasters' Conference adequately represents the potential officer material available from this source as compared with the percentage of entrants from Headmasters' Conference schools; and whether he will 73W make a statement detailing the position with regard to each of the Services.
§ Mr. ReynoldsMy hon. Friend will have seen from my Answer to him of 18th April that the proportion of officers in the Services from schools which are not represented on the Headmasters' Conference continues to rise. In the Royal Navy the percentage has increased from 48 per cent. to 63 per cent. since 1963, in the Army from 37 per cent. to 49 per cent. and in the Royal Air Force from 58 per cent. to 84 per cent. My right hon. Friend is anxious to encourage boys from all types of school to seek Her Majesty's commission.—[Vol. 745, c.68.]