§ Sir R. Glynasked the Home Secretary whether he will state, in the form of a table, the number of aliens now in the United Kingdom who are known to the police, giving in each case the nationality and sexes, how many are in detention, either civil or military, and how many of each nationality are there who were granted landing permits during the six years preceding the outbreak of war, and who are assumed to be still resident in the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe number of aliens registered with the police on the 25th May, 1940, when the last census was taken, was 228,072. I do not think that it would be in the national interest to issue a return dividing this figure according to nationalities and sexes. About 14,000 aliens of enemy nationality are interned under the Prerogative; 412 aliens of non-enemy nationality are detained under the Aliens Order and 22 under the Defence Regulations. As regards the last part of the Question, the information could not be compiled without the expenditure of much labour, which I should be reluctant to divert from other more urgent needs.