Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State, Official Report, 9 December, c. 264, what proportion of the 250,000 British citizens of voting age resident in European Community countries is attributable to each of the nine European Community countries.
§ Mr. MellorThe approximate number of British citizens of voting age resident in August 1983 in each of the nine European Community countries was as follows:
Numbers Belgium 18,000 Denmark 6,000 Federal Republic of Germany 5,000 France 36,000 Greece 11,500 Italy 25,500 Luxembourg 2,000 Netherlands 20,000 Republic of Ireland 50,000 Total 254,000