§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many British pensioners are living in other countries; and if he will categorise the countries in which they live and the number per country.
§ Mr. DeanFollowing is the information as at 31st December 1971 in respect164W of persons abroad receiving British national insurance widows or retirement pensions:
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Country Number of Pensioners Andorra 8 Antilles 1 Argentina 93 Austria 535 Australia 40,205 Bahamas 95 Bahrein 3 Barbados 127 Belgium 819 Bermuda 161 Bolivia 4 Borneo 1 Botswana 5 Brazil 92 British Honduras 4 Bulgaria 5 Burma 4 Cameroon 1 Canada 15,952 Channel Islands: Guernsey 2,022 Jersey 3,053 Sark 45 Chile 15 China 6 Colombia 5 Cook Islands 2 Costa Rica 2 Cuba 3 Cyprus 540 Czechoslovakia 18 Denmark(including Faröe Isles) 61 Dominican Republic 10 Ecuador 7 Egypt 18 Ethiopia 14 Falkland Islands 7 Fiji 17 Finland 10 France 1,946 Gambia 5 Germany West 2,388 Germany East 1 Ghana 25 Gibraltar 117 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 1 Greece 181 Guatemala 2 Guyana 43 Hong Kong 122 Hungary 37 Iceland 8 India 599 Indonesia 5 Iran 21 Iraq 3 Irish Republic 17,511 Israel 642 Italy 2,013 Jamaica 949 Japan 30 Jordan 2 Kenya 310 Kuwait 4 Lebanon 13 Lesotho 9 Liberia 4 Libyan Arab Republic 6
Country Number of Pensioners Luxembourg 14 Malagasy Republic 1 Malawi 59 Malaysia 35 Malta 1,649 Mauritius 16 Mexico 27 Monaco 43 Morocco 54 Mozambique 2 Nepal 1 Netherlands 500 New Hebrides 3 New Guinea 27 New Zealand 13,254 Nicaragua 3 Nigeria 56 Norfolk Island 21 Norway 63 Pakistan (including Bangladesh) 1,145 Panama 9 Paraguay 1 Peru 27 Philippines 4 Poland 2,251 Portugal(including Madeira) 417 Portuguese West Africa 1 Puerto Rico 5 Romania 3 Southern Rhodesia 2,117 Sri Lanka 27 St. Helena 17 Saudi Arabia 8 Seychelles 13 Sierre Leone 16 Singapore 42 Somalia (Democratic Republic) 71 South Africa 6,769 Southern Yemen 471 Spain (including Balearic and Canary Isles) 3,193 Sudan 4 Swaziland 21 Sweden 22 Switzerland 950 Tanzania 33 Thailand 11 Togo 1 Trinidad and Tobago 87 Tunisia 3 Turkey 13 Uganda 45 United Arab Emirates 6 Uruguay 12 USA 12,243 USSR 171 Venezuela 12 Virgin Islands 2 West Indies (other countries) 226 Yugoslavia 643 Zaire 5 Zambia 188 Persons Touring Abroad: Europe 34 Other Countries 117 Unknown Countries 170 Total 138,481