§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for each year since the commencement of hostilities the total casualties, fatal and non-fatal, caused by enemy action in this country.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI am unable to give figures for total casualties, but the following are the figures for the number of civilians in the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) killed, or injured and detained in hospital, as a result of enemy action, for each year from the outbreak of war to 30th June, 1944.
— Killed. Injured and detained in hospital. 1939 Nil Nil 1940 23,767 30,529 1941 20,881 21,841 1942 3,236 4,150 1943 2,367 3,456 1944 (first 6 months only). 3,496 8,822