HC Deb 08 October 1946 vol 427 cc11-2W
95. Lieut.-Colonel Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for War the total number of German prisoners of war now held in Great Britain, in the British Empire and in other countries occupied by British troops and their distribution in various theatres.

Mr. Bellenger

The total of Germans held on 30th September was 551,927, distributed as follows:

Great Britain 398,159
Overseas Theatres—
Middle East 102,807
C.M.F 37,500
B.A.O.R 5,682
145,989
Other parts of British Empire—
Canada 4,182
Australia 1,566
East Africa 99
Malta 1,006
Jamaica 528
Gibraltar 398
7,779
551,927