§ Mr. GallowayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what information he has on the size of the Moslem population and the country of origin in each of the member states of the European Economic Community;
(2) what information he has on the number of the Moslem population and their country of origin in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) the Channel Islands, (f) each of the county towns of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and (g) each of the towns containing the regional or islands councils in Scotland.
§ Mr. HurdI have been asked to reply.
Official data on persons' religions are not available, but an unofficial estimate of the number of active members of the Moslem religion in the whole of the United Kingdom is given in table 11.8 of the Central Statistical Office publication "Social Trends 19".