§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Crown colonies, showing the respective populations, gross national product, and per capita income in each of the last 10 years.
§ Lord BalnielI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend, the Under-Secretary gave to the hon. Member for Newark (Mr. Bishop) on 12th June, 1972, when he gave the names and populations of each of the British dependent territories.
Figures for the gross national product and per capita income in each of the territories are set out in the World Bank Atlas, published annually by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and where actual figures are not obtainable, represent the best estimates available. The booklet entitled "Developing Countries' Economic Indicators", published by the Overseas Development Administration, also provides estimates and projections of gross domestic product figures for a number of dependent territories in the West Indies and the Associated States. Copies of both publications are available for reference in the House of Commons Library.—[Vol. 838, c. 194–5.]