§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the estimated number of citizens of the United Kingdom that are resident in each of the other eight countries of the EEC.
§ Mr. HattersleyPrecise figures are not available since citizens of the United Kingdom resident overseas are not bound to register with our diplomatic posts. The most recent estimates of the number of United Kingdom citizens resident in other 371W member States of the EEC are as follows:
Belgium 25,000 Denmark 8,000 Federal Republic of Germany 60,300* France 30,000 Irish Republic 110,000 Italy 22,000 Luxembourg 1,200 The Netherlands 15,000 * Excluding Service personnel.