HC Deb 16 September 1915 vol 74 cc166-7W
Mr. KING

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many camps or institutions for the internment of aliens are under the Home Office; what is the average salary paid to the commandants, superintendents, or superior officers in charge of these internment centres; how many officials, warders, labourers and other persons are employed in these centres; and what is the number of all paid employés for every hundred interned civilians?

Sir JOHN SIMON

The answer to the various points of my hon. Friend's question are, respectively: Four; in three cases the pay of the commandant is at Army rates, and in the fourth case is £270 a year; 186 (exclusive of guards); 92.