Why should a senior officer be expected to know the individual strengths of each squadron, which doubtless changes regularly. This is something I'd expect the 1* force commander to know, but expecting busy VSO's to spend time memorising a series of numbers, on the offchance an MP can then demand them from him seems a waste of time all round.
Nonsense. If called before such a Committee, said person, of whatever rank, should be 100% prepared to defend his corner - and more. This man wasn't