Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British residents there are in (a) northern Cyprus and (b) southern Cyprus.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe numbers of British residents registered with the High Commission in Nicosia are(a) northern Cyprus—246 (b) southern Cyprus—1,772.
These figures do not include British Service men and their dependants, some of whom live outside sovereign base areas, or Cypriots who also hold British citizenship.