§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many passports have been issued, in each of the latest six months for which the information is available, by Her Britannic Majesty's consulates in Johannesburg, Lusaka, Francistown and Gaberones, respectively; and how many of these in each case were issued to persons born in Rhodesia.
§ Mr. Luard:The figures requested were:
Total passport issues Number of those issued to persons born in Rhodesia Johannesburg— November 754 40* December 729 32* January 683 35* February 644 36* March 891 40* April 617 23* Lusaka— November 270 70 December 231 79 January 229 60 February 284 76 March 299 75 April 251 71 Gaborone— November 54 24 December 77 29 January 81 44 February 76 25 March 142 66 April 54 11 There is no facility for issuing United Kingdom passports in Francistown. * These figures are estimates only.