Written Answers
Croydon Air Port (Floodlight)
asked the Secretary of State for Air when the new floodlight, giving a horizontal beam of light, will be installed at the Croydon air port; what will be the candle power of the floodlight so used; and whether this floodlight has been made in the British Empire?
As regards the first part of the question, there is at present at the Croydon air port a floodlight with a horizontal beam, and there is no intention of installing a new one in its place; the remaining parts of the question do not, therefore arise.
Royal Navy
Electrical Artificer Branch
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the strength of the electrical artificer branch, specifying the numbers in each rating?
The numbers borne on 15th March were:
| Electrical Lieutenants | … | 4 |
| Commissioned Electricians | … | 26 |
| Warrant Electricians | … | 31 |
| Chief Electrical Artificers | … | 197 |
| Electrical Artifiers: | ||
| 1st Class | … | 177 |
| 2nd Class | … | 114 |
| 3rd Class | … | 217 |
| 4th Class | … | 114 |
| 4th Class (Acting) | … | 121 |
| 5th Class | … | 17 |
| Apprentices | … | 138 |
| Total Officers and Men | … | 1,156 |
Electricians (Examination Fob Promotion)
asked the Firs* Lord of the Admiralty when the last examination for promotion of Warrant Electrician was held; and when it is contemplated another will take place?
An examination for the rank of Warrant Electrician is being held on the 31st March and 1st April, and it is the intention that normally an examination shall he held annually in future. The last previous examination was held in March, 1922.
Gunfire, Shoeburyness
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the damage caused to the premises of Mrs. Bentley, of Seaview House, Great Wakering, Essex, owing to naval gunfire which takes place in the neighbourhood: and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
I am aware that Mrs. Bentley has complained of damage to her property by concussion from gunfire at Shoeburyness, hut I have been unable to accept the suggestion that the damage is attributable to the firing of naval guns, or to authorise any compensation out of naval funds.