§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Home Secretary the total number of naturalised aliens who have changed their names since the commencement of the War?
§ Mr. SHORTTI am not aware of any complete record on the subject, but it may, I think, be assumed that, with very few exceptions, naturalised British subjects who have changed their names since the beginning of the War have applied for permission under Defence of the Realm Regulation 14H, to continue the use of the new names. There have been 883 such66W applications, and in 373 cases the applicants have been refused exemptions and required to revert to their original names.