British Nationals Abroad Mr. Davey To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of UK citizens living abroad in (a) each other EU member state and (b) all non-EU countries in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990, (iii) 2000 and (iv) the most recent year for which figures are available. David Miliband Our network of overseas posts has in the past been asked to provide an estimate of the number of British nationals resident in their consular area. The latest figures available are for 2006-07. Figures are also available for 1990 and 2000, but not 1980. The results of each of these surveys are shown in the following table. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Country |2006-07 |2000 |1990 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Austria |7,369 |7,000 |5,100 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Belgium |39,867 |30,200 |28,500 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bulgaria |1,700 |325 |55 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cyprus |60,000 |54,000 |18,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Czech Republic |3,183 |0 |83 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Denmark |13,183 |12,630 |10,474 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Estonia |220 |200 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Finland |4,350 |3,200 |1,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |France |381,000 |156,050 |43,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Germany |115,554 |164,324 |92,445 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greece |31,470 |144,085 |21,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hungary |2,640 |3,000 |275 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ireland |112,548 |0 |50,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Italy |71,990 |61,000 |35,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Latvia |400 |200 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lithuania |250 |160 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Luxembourg |4,480 |5,000 |2,894 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Malta |6,000 |6,000 |3,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Netherlands |73,600 |40,000 |50,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Poland |2,531 |10,000 |881 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Portugal |34,624 |31,597 |16,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Romania |6,000 |3,000 |36 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slovakia |1,000 |750 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Slovenia |157 |350 |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Spain |840,989 |949,550 |121,500 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sweden |15,000 |17,500 |14,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Non-EU |10,283,651|11,000,718|5,500,000| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |12,113,756|12,700,839|6,014,143| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Based on overseas posts’ estimates of the number of British nationals within their consular area.| | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------