§ Mr. HODGEasked the Home Secretary if he will state what number of criminals during each year between 1907 and 1910, inclusive, came from America, Germany, and Russia?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Churchill)The only figures I can give relate to aliens received into prison on conviction, and the separate nationalities are available only for the years 1909 and 1910. They are as follows:—During 1909 the prisoners claiming birth in America numbered 622; those claiming birth in Russia, 517; and those claiming birth in Germany, 455. For 1910 the figures are:— America, 607; Russia, 394; Germany, 357.
§ Mr. HODGEasked upon what basis the alien population is calculated for the purpose of working out the percentage which alien criminals bear to that population?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLSo far as the Home Office is concerned, no attempt has been made to calculate the percentage which alien criminals bear to the alien population; and I do not think we have at present any trustworthy materials on which such a calculation could be made.
§ Mr. HODGEasked what percentage of criminals belong to American, German, and Russian aliens, respectively, living in this country after deducting the various offences connected with the white slave traffic?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLWe have at present no trustworthy returns of American, German, and Russian aliens living in this country, and no percentages based on such returns can therefore be given. In any case no useful result could be attained by deducting from the records of alien crime the offences indicated in the question.