§ Up to 29th April, 1944, 7,006 applications for release had been sent to the War Office by my Ministry with the following result:
| On release at 29th April | 3,806 |
| Released and subsequently recalled | 158 |
| Found to be ineligible for release by the War Office | 2,737 |
| Under consideration by the War Office at 29th April | 305 |
§ There were two schemes for the release of ex-miners from the Army. The following information relates to the men appearing in War Office records as ex-under-ground workers who were offered to my Ministry for consideration and by my Ministry to the collieries:
| Total number of men offered | 1,848 | |
| *Release applications made and men released | 1,470 | |
| *Release applications made and rejected | 169 | |
| Men not placed in employment by my Ministry | 136 | 1,775 |
| Under consideration at War Office or my Ministry | 73 | |
| * These figures are included in the general statement above. The remainder of the 7,006 release applications were made as a result of direct applications to my Ministry from collieries |