§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Lord Privy Seal how many people have emigrated to the Falkland Islands in each of the last three years; and how many foreign nationals are now working, under contract and otherwise, in the Islands.
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§ Mr. RidleyThe number of people who have emigrated to the Falkland Islands from the United Kingdom in the last three years is approximately as follows:
1977 19 1978 8 1979 12 The number of foreign nationals at present working in the Islands is 64.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Lord Privy Seal what are the latest figures for the population of the Falkland Islands; and how these compare with the highest recorded population of the Islands.
§ Mr. RidleyThe latest estimated population of the Falkland Islands is 1,720. The highest population figure recorded in the Falkland Islands was 2,392, in 1931.