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Written question asked by Andrew Mackinlay (Labour) on Monday, 8 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 October 2007. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Monday, 22 October 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Turks and Caicos Islands: Population

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the change in the level of the resident population of the Turks and Caicos Islands was over the past 20 years, broken down by those who were (a) UK subjects, (b) belongers and (c) foreign nationals.
Answer

The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Government has provided the following information on its resident population. No information is available for the number of UK subjects in the TCI.

Total population UK subjects¹ Belongers Non-belongers
1980 7,413 n/a n/a n/a
1990 11,465 n/a n/a n/a
2001 19,886 n/a 10,335 9,551
2002 20,900 n/a 10,603 10,297
2003 25,143 n/a 10,800 14,263
2004 27,496 n/a 11,162 16,334
2005 30,602 n/a 11,452 19,150
2006 33,202 n/a 11,750 21,452
n/a = not available.
¹ This information is not held by the TCI authorities.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
157211; 465 c54W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Population Turks and Caicos Islands
Link
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