HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 c1871W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former Far East prisoners of war in Pendle received an ex gratia award of £10,000. [188571]

Mr. Caplin

The information requested could only be found by manually checking the individual claims of all successful applicants under the Ex Gratia Payment Scheme for Far East Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees, a number now approaching 24,000. This work could be carried out only at disproportionate cost.