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Sir B. FALLE
asked the First Lord of the admiralty whether general request No. 52, of the 1924 Inter-Port Welfare Conference has been approved by Admiralty Fleet Order, 1,411, of 7th June, 1929; whether sea service and foreign service have been introduced in addition to home service; and, if so, when it is proposed to compile the new rosters and draft ratings from them?
Mr. AMMON
The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. If the second part of the question refers to rosters for sea service and foreign service the answer is in the negative, and the third part of the question does not arise.
| Branch. | 1929. | 1930 | ||
| Commissioned Officers from Warrant rank. | Warrant Officers. | Commissioned Officers from Warrant rank. | Warrant Officers. | |
| Royal Navy— | ||||
| Gunner | 295 | 108 | 295 | 116 |
| Gunner (T) | 216 | 83 | 215 | 83 |
| Boatswain | 85 | 24 | 85 | 24 |
| Senior Mates, P.C.S. | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Officer for photographic duties | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Signal Boatswain | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Telegraphist | 29 | 39 | 29 | 39 |
| Regulating | 2 | 10 | 3 | 9 |
| Shipwright | 94 | 25 | 94 | 24 |
| Ordnance | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
| Electrical | 31 | 24 | 31 | 24 |
| Engineer | 144 | 290 | 141 | 301 |
| Mechanician | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Wardmaster | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
| Writer | 10 | 31 | 10 | 31 |
| Supply | 15 | 40 | 15 | 40 |
| Cookery | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Schoolmasters | 41 | 129 | 41 | 129 |
| (Senior Masters) | (Senior Masters) | |||
| 6 | 5 | |||
| (Commissioned officers from warrant rank | (Commissioned officers from warrant rank | |||
| Keeper and Steward of Royal Cabin | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Shore Signal Service | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Shore Wireless Service | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Royal Marines— | ||||
| Sergeants Major | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Superintending Clerks | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| R.M. Gunners | 14 | 4 | 14* | 4 |
| School masters | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Bandmasters, etc., Royal Naval School of Music. | — | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| * Will reduce to 10 during year. | ||||
| NOTE.—As the numbers asked for are numbers borne on the strength, Officers last to Dominions, etc., are excluded, as they are supernumerary to establishment, and are also not included in Vote A. | ||||