HL Deb 18 February 1981 vol 417 cc767-8WA
Lord Bethell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many United Kingdom citizens there are presently resident in each of the other nine European Community countries.

Lord Carrington

Figures with any claim to accuracy of United Kingdom residents in European Community countries could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Recent estimates (which can only be approximate) made by our posts there are:—

Belgium 25,000
Denmark 10,000
France 38,000
Federal Republic of Germany 77,000
Greece 10,500
Ireland No figures available
Italy 35,000
Luxembourg 2,500
Netherlands 50,000

House adjourned at eleven minutes before nine o'clock.