§ 62. Sir JOHN BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the number of enemy aliens, distinguishing between German and other enemy aliens, who were interned in this country at the date of the Armistice; how many of these persons have since been repatriated; and how many of those who still remain in this country have been recommended for exemption by Mr. Justice Younger's Advisory Committee?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe number of enemy aliens interned at the date of the Armistice was 24,450, of whom 20,472 were Germans. The number repatriated since the Armistice exceeds 20,000 (including over 17,000 Germans). All those remaining in the country, with the exception of a very small number whose cases have only just been determined, have been recommended for exemption from repatriation by the Committee.
§ 63. Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state approximately the number of enemy aliens, distinguishing between German and other enemy aliens, who were exempted from internment by the Advisory Committee which sat in 1915?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe Committee's Report made in July, 1915, stated that 6,092 enemy aliens had been recommended by them for exemption from internment. The Report does not distinguish between Germans and other enemy aliens, but it is estimated that the Germans in this total did not exceed 2,800.
§ 64. Sir J. BUTCHERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state approximately the number of uninterned enemy aliens, distinguishing between Germans and other enemy aliens, whose cases were reconsidered by Mr. Justice Sankey's Advisory Committee in 1918; how many of those were recommended for internment and repatriation, respectively; and how many were left uninterned provided they did work of national importance?
§ Mr. SHORTTI regret that I can add nothing to the answer which I gave to a similar question put by the hon. and learned Member on 29th July last, when I stated inter alia that about 350 persons were interned and 250 repatriated in the course of this Committee's work.
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSCan the right hon. Gentleman give no idea of the number of Germans still in the country who have not been let out and have not been before Mr. Justice Younger's Committee?
§ Mr. SHORTTAs far as I understand the question, I think I have just answered it.