§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom and colonies passports are issued annually by Her Majesty's High Commission officers abroad; how many have been issued by Her Majesty's embassy in South Africa, and how many by the authorities in United Kingdom colonies on average over the past five years.
§ Mr. KershawNumbers of United Kingdom passports issued by United Kingdom High Commissions, and by consular posts in South Africa were as follows:
United Kingdom High Commissions Consular Posts South Africa 1967 … … 106,529 6,404 1968 … … 97,218 6,578 1969 … … 89,179 7,262 1970 … … 89,703 12,937 1971 … … 86,751 13,951 (Figures for 1972 not yet available.)
I do not have available statistics from the dependent territories whose returns of passports issued are not made to London.