Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1941.
Mr George Hall
, Merthyr Tydfil Aberdare
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of applications received for entry under the Naval Cadet Scholarship Scheme this September; how many of these were from the usual preparatory schools, grant-aided secondary schools and other schools, respectively; whether the full number of scholarships have been awarded to the last two categories and to the son of a naval or ex-naval rating; and the extent to which these compared, educationally and physically, with the preparatory school candidates?