§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will list the numbers of British diplomats in, and the populations of, Guyana and Nicaragua.
§ Mr. RidleyThe British high commission in Guyana has a United Kingdom-based staff of eight. There are no British diplomats resident in Nicaragua, but the five officers on the staff of the British embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica; are additionally accredited to Nicaragua.
The population of Guyana is approximately 714,000, while that of Nicaragua is approximately 2.4 million.