HC Deb 24 February 1920 vol 125 cc1489-90
60. Mr. LUNN

asked the Home Secretary (1) what is the total number of persons imprisoned or interned under the Defence of the Realm Act from the beginning of the War to the Armistice and since then to the latest available date; and what is the number at present in custody;

(2) What is the number of persons undergoing imprisonment for offences, other than treason, against the Defence of the Realm Regulations?

Mr. SHORTT

I regret that the information asked for in these questions is not available and could only be obtained by a laborious search through the registers of all the prisons. The number of persons imprisoned for offences against the Defence of the Realm Act now in custody is very small.

61. Mr. LUNN

asked the Home Secretary whether there are any prisoners, other than prisoners of war, in internment camps or otherwise who have been detained in custody without trial?

Mr. SHORTT

At almost all of the prisons there are prisoners in custody awaiting trial, and at one prison there are some seventy prisoners who have been brought from Ireland for safe custody under internment orders.