(1) Is he able to update his answer to question No. 1491 (Hansard, 31 May 2000, page 16794) as to which countries and territories in and around the Pacific and Indian Oceans the death penalty can be imposed?

(2) Is he also able to say in which states and territories referred to in part (1) the death penalty is still carried out?

(1) More than half the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty either in law or practice. There are still 86 countries in which the death penalty can still be imposed. Those countries in and around the Pacific and Indian Oceans in which the death penalty can be imposed are shown in the following table:

(2) Those countries in and around the Pacific and Indian Oceans in which the death penalty was imposed and or carried out during 2000 are shown in the following table:

Source: Amnesty International Website