§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens have reported to United Kingdom consular staff that they have been (a) physically assaulted and (b) robbed in Spain in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. EggarI regret that the statistics requested are not available. Only in serious cases, or those in which consular officers are requested to take follow-up action, are records 333W kept. Even for those it would require a disproportionate amount of time to provide figures in the categories requested.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens have died in Spain in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. EggarIt is not mandatory for the deaths of British nationals overseas to be registered at our consulates, but the numbers of deaths of British nationals in Spain which have been so registered over the past five years are as follows:
Number 1982 295 1983 401 1984 429 1985 350 1986 416 Figures relating to the deaths specifically of British citizens are not kept separately, but they are likely to represent a very high proportion of the figures given.