asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the population by nationality of those people occupying sites in the British Antartic Territory; and if he will list the sites from which scientific or other surveys are being conducted.
According to the latest (1981–82) exchange of information required under article VII paragraph 5 of the Antarctic treaty, the population by nationality of persons occupying sites in the BAT are:
| British | 58 |
| Argentina | *158 |
| Chile | 51 |
| Poland | 9 |
| USSR | 29 |
| USA | 34 |
| * 187 including dependents | |
United Kingdom Bases: Rothern, Faraday, Halley, Signy;
Argentine Bases: General Belgrano II, General Belgrano,III Almirante Brown, Esperanza, Vice Comodoro Marambio, Teniente Matinenzo, Orcadas, General San Martin, Jubany;
Chilean Bases: Teniente Rodolfo Marsh, Bernardo O'Higgin, Arturo Prat;
Polish Bases: Arctowski Station;
USA Bases: Palmer Station;
USSR Bases: Bellinghausen;
Other sites not in British Antarctic Territory from which scientific surveys are being carried out:
Australian Bases.: Mawson, Davis, Casey;
FRG Bases: Georg-von-Neumayer Station, Filchner Station (summer only), Lillie-Marleen-Hutte (summer only);
French Bases: Base Dumont d'Urville (Terre Adélie);
Japanese Bases: Syowa Mizuho;
New Zealand Bases: Scott Base, Vanda Station (summer only);
Norwegian Bases: Maudheim;
South African Bases: Sanae;
Soviet Union Bases: Russkaya, Vostok, Komsomolskaya, Mirny, Druzhnaya I, Druzhnaya II, Molodeshnaya, Leningradskaya, Novolazarevskaya;
USA Bases: McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Siple Station, Byrd Surface Camp (summer only).