§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Defence how mar y applications he has received from ex-prisoners of war seeking reimbursement of sums deducted from their pay during captivity but held by the Exchequer.
§ Mr. PattieOne thousand nine hundred and two letters have been received from ex-prisoners of war or their dependents regarding the question of deductions from wartime pay.
§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Defence if, further to his answer of 31 October, Official Report, c. 390–3, he will list in the Official Report the rates of exchange used in Calculating the credits of prisoners of war (1939–45) in till those countries to which the scheme applied.
§ Mr. PattieThe rates of exchange which applie for pay issuable to the captors to prisoners of war under the terms of the Geneva Convention in the Second World War were 15 Reichsmarks to the £1 sterling for prisoners in Germany and 72 lire to the £1 sterling for prisoners in Italy. Sums subsequently credited to prisoners in respect of pay were calculated according to the same rates of exchange.
Slums credited at the end of the war which were not related to pay were calculated at the rate of 40 Reichsmarks or 400 lire to the £1 sterling.