HC Deb 27 May 1943 vol 389 cc1752-3W
Mr. Sloan

asked the Secretary of State for India the number of arrests, imprisonments and detentions for offences con- nected with or arising out of political disturbances in North-West Frontier Province during the past year?

Mr. Amery

The latest available figures show that in the period beginning last August a total of 2,484 persons have been arrested, 1,523 sentenced to imprisonment and 500 placed in detention.