§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide immigration and emigration figures for the Falkland Islands per annum from 1972 and on a comparative basis to date in the current year; and if he will give absolute population figures for a similar period.
§ Mr. RowlandsThe Falkland Islands Government are not staffed to keep full statistical records. I am therefore, unable to supply the hon. Member with the precise figures for which he asks. However, a check is kept in the islands of total arrivals and departures. On the basis of these records and the register of births and deaths in the Falklands the following table has been compiled: