The number of men serving sentences for desertion is: Royal Navy, 260; Army, 458; and Royal Air Force, 30. As regards the second part of the Question, precise information is not immediately available, but very few, if any, of these sentences date from before June, 1945. The answer to the last part of the Question is that, as I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton-on-Tees (Mr. Chetwynd), on 19th February, deserters who surrendered before 22nd January this year are eligible for the same treatment as those who surrendered after that date.