HC Deb 20 December 1983 vol 51 c124W
Mr. John David Taylor

asked 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. Mellor

The 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