§ Mr. Masonasked the Lord Privy Seal (1) if he will list the countries wherein Her Majesty's Government are represented by embassies and consulates, giving the numbers employed therein and specifying, respectively, British nationals and foreign employees; and how these figures compare with 10 years ago;
(2) if he will list all organisations, other than embassies and consulates, abroad requiring the employment of Her Majesty's Government representatives, giving their official capacity and numbers; to what extent foreign employees are retained; and how this list compares with 10 years ago.
§ Mr. P. ThomasI give below the figures for which the hon. Gentleman has asked. I have given 1955 instead of 1953 as the year for comparison with 1963, because the reporting system before 1955 was such that to produce directly comparable figures would have involved lengthy and costly research. I have no reason to believe that the figures for 1953 would differ to any significant extent from those for 1955.
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Country 1963 1955 British Nationals Foreign Employees British Nationals Foreign Employees France 175 83 185 46 Germany 211 245 272 369 Greece 60 40 81 49 Guatemala 10 5 11 3 Guinea 7 6 — — Haiti 3 5 7 2 Holy See 4 2 3 2 Honduras 5 4 5 3 Hungary 38 39 34 42 Iceland 8 3 5 5 Indonesia 47 76 36 55 Iran 50 88 64 74 Iraq 52 65 74 103 Israel 44 22 39 25 Italy 133 95 144 90 Ivory Coast 11 7 — — Japan 61 89 78 82 Jordan 43 29 44 27 Korea 9 17 7 10 Kuwait 25 42 21 24 Laos 19 33 2 2 Lebanon 72 54 75 60 Liberia 8 4 6 4 Libya 32 46 35 28 Luxembourg 7 2 9 2 Malagasy Republic 5 1 — — Republic of Mali 6 8 — — Mexico 26 21 21 12 Morocco 31 29 20 17 Nepal 5 25 7 16 Netherlands 59 21 35 37 Nicaragua 4 3 5 3 Norway 39 7 45 6 Panama 13 7 8 9 Paraguay 7 3 6 3 Peru 23 8 21 8 Philippines 20 16 11 6 Poland 44 34 31 33 Portugal 52 47 50 36 Roumania 17 19 17 26 Saudi Arabia 12 9 14 22 Republic of Senegal 24 6 — — South Africa 97 62 Then under C.R.O. Soviet Union 62 47 53 48 Spain 82 99 101 120 Sudan 24 33 10 17 Sweden 53 13 33 31 Switzerland 55 14 59 25 Syria 16 15 29 32 Thailand 56 85 68 57 Togo 3 6 — — Tunisia 18 13 Included under France Turkey 82 55 75 24 United Arab Republic (Egypt) 49 71 175 39 United States of America 533 87 673 81 Uruguay 28 6 27 6 Venezuela 34 8 24 6 Vietnam 32 43 35 46 Yemen — — 2 3 Yugoslavia 41 53 57 72 Aden (Political Office Middle East Command) 3 — — — Belgium Brussels United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities 31 2 — —
Country 1963 1955 British Nationals Foreign Employees British Nationals Foreign Employees France Paris 1. North Atlantic Council Delegation 45 — 42 2 2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Delegation 19 — 26 2 Germany Berlin Office of the Deputy Commandant, British Military Government 67 2 110 — Luxembourg United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities 5 2 15 — Persian Gulf Office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf 19 15 22 17 Political Agencies Bahrain 18 28 21 16 Dubai 6 27 3 16 Abu Dhabi 6 12 — — Doha 8 11 3 6 Muscat 4 17 4 7 Singapore Office of the United Kingdom High Commissioner and Commissioner-General for South-East Asia 161 72 97 56 Switzerland Geneva 1. European Free Trade Association and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Delegations 9 2 — — 2. Permanent Delegation to the United Nations 12 8 7 1 3. Delegation to the Disarmament Conference 22 2 — — U.S.A New York United Kingdom Delegation to the United Nations 99 4 68 7 Lebanon Middle East Centre for Arab Studies 10 — 10 — Turkey International Staff of C.E.N.T.O. 12 — — —