§ Mr. ANDERSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any uncertifiable nerve-strained soldiers are now being discharged to the care of the Pensions Ministry; whether it is the policy of the War Office to retain all such soldiers in the Army in institutions under the care of lunacy staffs until such time as they can either return to the front or to their previous employment; and how many have been discharged from such institutions to asylums?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. Such soldiers are retained in neurasthenic hospitals until they are fit for duty or are discharged as no longer requiring indoor hospital treatment. No such soldiers have been discharged from these institutions to asylums.