§ 69. Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for War how many prisoners of war were repatriated from Great Britain and the Middle East, respectively, during the month of May; and whether he will give the total repatriated from each area since 1st October, 1946, together with the balance still remaining to be repatriated.
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§ Mr. J. FreemanDuring May, 15,457 German prisoners of war were repatriated from the United Kingdom and 1,485 from the Middle East; 125,990 have been repatriated from the United Kingdom since 26th September, 1946, and 13,954 from the Middle East since 1st October, 1946; 275,342 remain in the United Kingdom and 82,036 in the Middle East.
§ 78. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for War the total number of German prisoners of war who have been repatriated to the nearest available date; what proportion of German officers who are prisoners of war have elected to perform useful work; and how many of the prisoners of war who surrendered during the special armistice at Dunkirk have been repatriated.
§ Mr. J. Freeman125,990 German prisoners of war have been repatriated from the United Kingdom; 28 per cent. of German officer prisoners of war in this country are doing useful work; the information asked for in the last part of the Question is not available.