HC Deb 11 November 1992 vol 213 c775W
Sir David Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for(a) Fiji, (b) Cyprus, (c) Papua New Guinea and (d) Turkey, the number of British citizens known to his Department to be (i) detained and awaiting trial, (ii) undergoing trial and (iii) tried and in prison.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

As at 30 September the number of British citizens known to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to be:

(a) Detained and awaiting trial are:
Number
(i) Fiji 0
(ii) Cyprus 0
(iii) Papua New Guinea 0
(iv) Turkey 2
(b) Undergoing trial:
None
(c) Tried and in prison:
(i) Fiji 0
(ii) Cyprus 5
(iii) Papua New Guinea 0
(iv) Turkey 0

Sir David Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each sovereign country in(a) south America, (b) the middle east, (c) central America and Puerto Rico, (d) the Caribbean, other than Commonwealth countries and (e) Asia, other than former Soviet republics, the number of British citizens known to his Department to be (i) detained and awaiting trial, (ii) undergoing trial and (iii) tried and in prison.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

As it would take a disproportionate amount of time to answer this question completely acccurately, I have arranged for the right hon. Member to receive a written reply from the consular department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as soon as possible, with the information that it has to hand.