Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force. – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Gorffennaf 1925.
Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy
, Kingston upon Hull Central
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many fully qualified pilots and observers, respectively, are in the service of the Royal Air Force and stationed in Great Britain at the present time?
Mr Samuel Hoare
, Chelsea
The numbers of qualified pilots and observers of the General Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force stationed in Great Britain as at 30th June last were 1,457 and 32, respectively.
Sir William Brass
, Clitheroe
Is it not a fact that a large number of these pilots are also observers?
Mr Samuel Hoare
, Chelsea
Yes, Sir, that certainly would be so. The general policy of the Air Ministry is to reduce so far as possible the number of observers.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
