HC Deb 19 February 1946 vol 419 cc197-8W
Mr. Austin

asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoner-of-war miners have been repatriated from this country; and what other groups, what number in each group and for what reasons, have been similarly repatriated.

Mr. Bellenger

No German prisoners of war miners have been repatriated. 739 anti-Nazi German specialists have been repatriated to assist with the rehabilitation of Germany. The numbers in each group are: Police 197, financial and legal 49, education 4, postal and telegraph 51, public health 15, local government 9, transportation and railways 67, theologians 2, broadcasters and script-writers 323; economists 3, internal affairs 3, various specialists 16; total 739.