§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a list of the United Kingdom's dependencies.
§ Mr. OnslowThe remaining dependent territories are:
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands and Dependencies
- Gibraltar
- Hong Kong
- Montserrat
- Picairn Group of Islands
- St. Helena and Dependencies
- Turks and Caicos Islands.
§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the population of each of the United Kingdom's dependencies; and how much aid was given in 1979, 1980 and 1981 to each dependency both directly as grant aid and indirectly as technical aid.
§ Mr. OnslowThe details are as follows:
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£000 £000 1979 1980 Population Financial Aid Technical Co-operation Financial Aid Technical Co-operation Falkland Islands 1,800 *442 473 †587 427 Gibraltar 29,800 2,788 425 4,472 476 Hong Kong 5,150,000 — 185 — 376 Montserrat 12,100 376 152 1,011 211 Pitcairn 54 — — 47 — St. Helena and dependencies 6,500 3,553 382 3,279 516 Turks and Caicos Islands 7,500 848 167 849 412 *includes £5,000 loan. †includes £30,000 loan. The aid figures for 1981 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a list of the most recent visits by (a) Ministers and (b) officials normally based in the United Kingdom to each dependency; and when is the expected next visit by Ministers or United Kingdom based officials to each dependency.
§ Mr. OnslowMost recent visits since the end of 1980 are as follows:
(a) By Ministers (b) By Officials Minister for Overseas Development FCO Official Anguilla May 1982 March 1982 Prime Minister FCO official Bermuda October 1981 February 1982 British Antarctic Territory — Director, British Antarctic Survey February 1982 British Indian Ocean Territory — — FCO official British Virgin Islands — April 1982 ODA official Cayman Islands — March 1982 Minister of State, FCO FCO official Falkland Islands December 1980 June 1981 MOD official Gibraltar — April 1982 Minister of State, (Armed Forces) FCO official Hong Kong March 1982 April 1982 Minister of Overseas Development FCO official Montserrat May 1982 March 1982 Pitcairn — — St. Helena and Dependencies — FCO Official February 1982 (Ascension) Minister of Overseas FCO officials Turks and Caicos Islands Development April 1982 February 1982 The next estimated visits by Ministers and officials are as follows:
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(a) By Ministers (b) By Officials Anguilla Not yet decided Not yet decided Bermuda Not yet decided Note yet decided British Antarctic Territory — Not yet decided British Indian Ocean Territory — Not yet decided FCO official British Virgin Islands Not yet decided June 1982 Cayman Islands Not yet decided Not yet decided Falkland Islands — — Gibraltar Not yet decided Not yet decided Prime Minister BOTB official Hong Kong September 1982 June 1982 ODA official Montserrat Not yet decided July 1982 Pitcairn — — St. Helena and Dependencies — FCO/ODA Officials June 1982 Turks and Caicos Islands Not yet decided ODA Officials June 1982
§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff responsible for each of the United Kingdom's dependencies are normally resident (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in the dependency and (c) elsewhere.
§ Mr. OnslowThere are 43 Diplomatic Service staff in London dealing with dependent territory matters. There are 14 Diplomatic Service officers serving in dependent territories administrations, as follows
Anguilla (1), Bermuda (2), Gibraltar (2), Hong Kong (4), St. Helena and dependencies (4), Turks and Caicos (1). There were also three officers in the Falkland Islands. In addition, the British High Commissioner in New Zealand, resident in Wellington, is concurrently non-resident governor of the Pitcairn Group of Islands.