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Angelm
190
፡
1000 1979
£000
1980
Population
Financial Aid
Technical Co-operation
Financial Aid
Technical Co-operation
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Hong Kong
Montserrat
1,800 29.800
*442 2,788
473
$587
427
425
4.472
476
5,150,000
-
185.
376
12,100
376
152
1011
211
Pitcairn
34
47
St. Helena and
dependencies
6,500
Turks and Caicos Islands
7,500
3.553 848
382 167
3.279 849
516
412
*includes £5.000 loan.
+includes £30,000 loan.
most
The aid figures for 1981 are not yet available.
Mr. Iain Mills asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a list of the recent visits by (a) Ministers and (b) officials normally based in the United Kingdom to each dependency; and when is the expected next visit by Ministers or United Kingdom based officials to each dependency.
Mr. Onslow: Most recent visits since the end of 1980 are as follows:
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean
Territory
Anguilla
Bermuda
(a) By Ministers
Not yet decided
(b) By Officials
Not yet decided
Not yet decided
Note yet decided
Not yet decided
Not yet decided
Anguilla
(a) Ry Ministers
Minister for Overseas
Development May 1982
(b) By Officials
FCO Official
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Not yet decided
Not yet decided
FCO Official June 1982
Not yet decided
Falkland Islands
March 1982
Gibraltar
Not yet decided
Bermuda
Prime Minister October 1981
FCO Official, February 1982
Director, British Antarctic Survey February 1982
Hong Kong
Prime Minister Septeinber 1982
Montserrat
Not yet decided
Not yet decided
BOTB Official June 1982
ODA Official July 1982
Pitcairn
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean
Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Minister of State.
Falkland Islands
FCO December 1980
Gibraltar
Hùng Long
Montserrat
Pitcairn
St. Helena and
Dependencies
Minister of Stone. (Armed Forces) March 1982
Minister for Overseas Development May 1982
Turks and Caicos
Islands
Minister for Overseas Development April 1982
FCO Official April 1982
ODA Official
March 1982.
FCC Oficial
June 1981
MOD Officials April 1982
FCO Offcial
April 1982
FCO Official
March 1982
FCO Oicial February 1982 (Ascension)
FCO Officials
February 1982
The next estimated visits by Ministers and officials are as follows:
St. Helena and
Dependencies
Turks and Caicos
Islands
Not vet decided
FCO/ODA Officials
June 1982
ODA Officials June 1982
Mr. Jain Mills asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff responsible for each of the United Kingdom's dependencies are normally resident (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in the dependency and (c) elsewhere.
Mr. Onslow: There are 43 Diplomatic Service staff in London dealing with dependent territory matters. There are 14 Diplomatic Service officers serving in dependent territories administrations, as follows:
Anguilla (1), Bermuda (2), Gibraltar (2), Hong Kong (4), St. Helena and dependencies (4), Turks and Caicos (1). There were also three officers in the Falkland Islands. In addition, the British High Commissioner in New Zealand, resident in Wellington, is concurrently non-resident governor of the Pitcairn Group of Islands.
Shanghai
Mr. Arnold asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has plans to re- open a consulate in Shanghai.
Mr. Rifkind: We shall be discussing this matter with the Chinese in the coming months.
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