HC Deb 12 February 1981 vol 998 c384W
Mr. Shersby

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report in tabular form the number of inhabitants, according to the latest available information, of the following British dependent territories: the Colonies of Anguilla, Belize, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St. Helena and Dependencies, the Sovereign Base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Virgin Islands.

Mr. Ridley

The latest estimated population figures of the United Kigdom dependent territories are as follows:

Anguilla 6,500
Belize 144,000
Bermuda 57,000
British Antarctic Territory No indigenous population
British Indian Ocean Territory No indigenous population
British Virgin Islands 11,000
Cayman Islands 16,680
Falkland Islands and Dependencies 1,800
Gibraltar 31,760
Hong Kong 5,067,900
Montserrat 12,500
Pitcairn Island 61
Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Uninhabited
St. Helena 5,200
Ascension Island 1,150
Tristan da Cunha 320
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia 1,200
Turks and Caicos Islands 7,500

Mr. Shersby

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report in tabular form the number of inhabitants, according to the latest available information, of the following British dependent territories which are associated States: Antigua, St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla.

Mr. Ridley

The latest available figures are:

Antigua 73,500
St. Christopher (St. Kins) 38,000
Nevis 12,000
Anguilla 6,500

As no recent census has been carried out in any of these territories, these figures are estimates.

Anguilla was separated from the Associated State of St. Kitts-Nevis by Act of Parliament in December 1980.