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Southern African States (Passports)

Volume 932: debated on Friday 27 May 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many passports have been issued, in each of the latest six months for which the information is available, by Her Britannic Majesty's consulates in Johannesburg, Lusaka, Francistown and Gaberones, respectively; and how many of these in each case were issued to persons born in Rhodesia.

The figures requested were:

Total passport issuesNumber of those issued to persons born in Rhodesia
Johannesburg—
November75440*
December72932*
January68335*
February64436*
March89140*
April61723*
Lusaka—
November27070
December23179
January22960
February28476
March29975
April25171
Gaborone—
November5424
December7729
January8144
February7625
March14266
April5411
There is no facility for issuing United Kingdom passports in Francistown.
* These figures are estimates only.