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Overseas Dependencies

Volume 25: debated on Friday 18 June 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list United Kingdom overseas dependencies and give their areas and populations; and whether any specific international or local arrangements apply in each particular case.

The remaining dependent territories, their areas and approximate populations are as follows:

Area

(Sq. Miles)
Population
Anguilla357,000
Bermuda20·555,000
British Antarctic Territory700,000NIP*
British Indian Ocean Territory23NIP*
British Virgin Islands5911,000
Cayman Islands10017,000
Falkland Islands and Dependencies6,3001,800
Gibraltar2·2529,800
Hong Kong4045,150,000
Montserrat3912,100
Pitcairn Group of Islands1854
St. Helena and Dependencies1256,500
Turks and Caicos Islands1927,500
* No indigenous population.
As to the second part of the question, if my hon. Friend can be more specific I shall be pleased to try to obtain the necessary information.