§ Up to 29th April the Admiralty had sent to my Ministry particulars of 2,085 men who appear to satisfy the conditions governing eligibility for release and they expect to be able to offer approximately 500 more. Before my Ministry ask for a man's release steps are taken in each case to check his claim to have had previous experience and arrangements have to be made to place him either with his previous employer or elsewhere. The following was the position at 29th April:
| Applications for release sent to Admiralty by my Ministry | 550 |
| Released | 173 |
| Release instructions issued by Admiralty but men not known to have left units | 377 |
§ The remaining 1,535 men are under consideration by my Ministry and applications for release will be made as soon as previous experience has been confirmed and offers of underground employment obtained.