Mr. Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications his Department has received from (a) the army cadets,(b) the air cadets and (c) the sea cadets for processing for Criminal Record Bureau checks in the past six months; how many of thoseapplications have been processed; and what representations he has received on the time taken to process such applications.[109735]Dr. Moonie: The number of applications made to the Criminal Record Bureau and the number of clearance certificates issued for thesix month period ending 15 April 2003 are set out below:_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Cadet Force Applications to CRB Certificates IssuedSea Cadet Corps 423 314Army Cadet Force 653 260Air Training Corps 125 14_________________________________________________________________________________________________.