Written question asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 2 May 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 May 2001. It was answered by John Battle (Labour) on Thursday, 10 May 2001 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of (a) Pitcairn Island, (b) Norfolk Island, (c) St. Helena, (d) Ascension and (e) Tristan da Cunha; and how the population of these islands has changed since 1971. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the population is of (a) Pitcairn Island, (b) Norfolk Island, (c) St. Helena, (d) Ascension and (e) Tristan da Cunha; and how the population of these islands has changed since 1971. [160667] Mr. Battle: The current population of Pitcairn is 44 (74 in 1976, the nearest date to 1971 for which there are reliable figures); St. Helena is 5,016 (5,147 in 1976); Ascension is 974 (1,311 in 1971); and Tristan da Cunha is 287 (312 in 1971). Norfolk Island is Australian territory and we do not hold these statistics.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 368 c355W; 160667
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: British overseas territories Population Pitcairn Islands St Helena Ascension Island Tristan da Cunha Norfolk Island
Contains statistics: Yes
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