HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 c211W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the land area of the island of Cyprus is administered by(a) the Government of the United Kingdom, (b) the Government of President George Vassiliou, the Greek Cypriot leader and (c) the Government of Mr. Raul Denktas, the Turkish Cypriot leader.

Mr. Carel-Jones

The figures for the respective categories are approximately:

  1. (a) 3 per cent.
  2. (b) 57 per cent.
  3. (c) 38 per cent.

An additional 2 per cent. lies in the United Nations-controlled buffer zone. We do not recognise the area under de facto Turkish Cypriot administration as forming in any sense a separate sovereign state.