§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the latest estimate of the defence costs attributable to defending the following remaining British dependent territories (a) Hong Kong, (b) Pitcairn, (c) Bermuda, (d) Anguilla, (e) British Antarctic Territory, (f) British Indian Ocean Territory, (g) British Virgin Islands, (h) Cayman Islands, (i) Falkland Islands, (j) Gibraltar, (k) Montserrat, (l) St. Helena and Dependencies, (m) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and (n) the Turks and Caicos Islands.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThose British dependent territories for which there are directly attributable defence costs are as follows:
1987–88 Estimated defence cost £ million Hong Kong 55 British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia) 1 Falkland Islands (including South Georgia) 141 Gibraltar 79 We do not maintain forces exclusively for operations in the other dependencies and costs are not separately identified.