HC Deb 13 February 1939 vol 343 c1394W
Mr. Mander

asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number of German subjects in this country on 1st January, 1937, 1st January, 1938, 1st July, 1938, and on the latest date for which statistics are available?

Sir S. Hoare

The number of German subjects registered with the police in the United Kingdom on the nearest available dates are as follow:

May, 1937 20,986
May, 1938 21,871

The figures of Austrians registered at the same dates are:

May, 1937 11,849
May, 1938 16,006

Similar figures for 1939 will be collected at an early date.