HC Deb 01 February 1968 vol 757 cc393-4W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the estimated penalty charges arising from the cancellation of the 50 F111 aircraft.

Intake Target Figure for Intake Number of Applicants Number Rejected on Educational Grounds Number Rejected for Other Reasons* Number Accepted Number Subsequently Commissioned
January, 1963 … 200 423 94 190 139 139
September, 1963 … 260 599 111 225 263 237
January, 1964 … 200 363 41 114 208 192
September,1964 … 240 647 94 313 240 203
January, 1965 … 200 504 66 220 218 213
September, 1965 … 240 763 98 429 236 198
January, 1966 … 200 525 65 263 197 184
September, 1966 … 240 600 † 359 241 ‡
January, 1967 … 200 314 † 149 165 ‡
September, 1967 … 200 563 † 362 201 ‡
January, 1968 … 160 293 † 154 149 ‡
* Includes those applicants who withdrew.
† Since January, 1966 there has been no Civil Service Commission Examination. Entrants are accepted on GCE results.
‡ Not yet commissioned.

64. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications have been received for entry to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in September next; and how many applications had been received on the corresponding date last year for entry in September, 1967.

Mr. Boyden

The number of applications so far received for entry to Sandhurst next September is 236.

The corresponding number at this time last year was 275.

Mr. Healey

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cardigan (Mr. Elystan Morgan) on 18th January.—[Vol. 756, c.666.]