§ Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the Secretary of State for War how many officers and other ranks are now serving sentences both at home and abroad.
§ Mr. BellengerTwo thousand, three hundred and thirty-one soldiers were serving sentences in the United Kingdom and 1,539 in overseas commands, other than India and South-East Asia, on 1st March. These figures include seven ex-officers reduced to the ranks in the United Kingdom and six overseas. I am obtaining the figures for India and South-East Asia and will send them to the noble Member.