§ Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will state the number to date, 1st March, 1917, of conscientious objectors court-martialled and sentenced to imprisonment or detention who have been offered work under the Home Office scheme?
§ Sir G. CAVETwo thousand four hundred and eighteen.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEasked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number to date, 1st March, 1917, of conscientious objectors offered work under the Home Office scheme who have accepted such work, refused such work, accepted but subsequently been sent back to prison or the Army, and accepted but subsequently returned voluntarily to prison or military custody as unable conscientiously to comply with the conditions, respectively?
§ Sir G. CAVEOf the2,418 men to whom work has been offered by the Committee on Employment of Conscientious Objectors on 1st March, 1917, 2,126 accepted and 292 refused such work. Of the 2,126 who accepted eighty-eight have subsequently been sent back to prison or to the Army, because they broke the conditions on which they were excused from military service, either by declining to perform the work allotted to them or otherwise.