United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 82664
China: Uyghurs
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28 August 2020
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8 September 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the Uighur population in Xinjiang region for each of the last five years.
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28 August 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the Uighur population in Xinjiang region for each of the last five years.
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8 September 2020
Answer
Official figures from the Chinese Government state that, in 2018, the population of Xinjiang was approximately 24.9 million. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not produce its own population statistics for the region.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-08-28/82664
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1229839
- uk · wq-1229839 · source updated 8 September 2020