§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many undergraduates are currently flying members of each university air squadron in 1994–95. [20846]
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of undergraduates who were flying members of each university air squadron on 1 March is as follows:
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Aberdeen, Dundee and St. Andrews 42 Birmingham 47 Bristol 51 Cambridge 45 East Lowlands 47 East Midlands 53 Glasgow and Strathclyde 36 Liverpool 43 London 88 Manchester and Salford 47
Northumbrian 48 Oxford 54 Queen's 46 Southampton 57 Wales 43 Yorkshire 54 Squadron commanders are encouraged to recruit slightly in excess of the student pilot establishment at the start of each academic year to allow for those who subsequently drop out from training.