§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has as to the number of United Kingdom nationals who have been resident in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. HurdThe information asked for is recorded in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office only for the following years of the last 10: 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1982.
The number of United Kingdom nationals who have been resident in the Soviet Union in those years are as follows:
Year Adult males Adult females Children under 18 Total 1973 68 70 7 145 1975 78 82 5 165 1977 163 97 28 288 1982 108 50 23 181 These figures do not include the staff and dependents of the British embassy.