§ 4. Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff there are in his offices in South Africa; and what plans he has for increasing the number.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeThere are 73 United Kingdom-based staff and 153 locally-engaged staff employed in our posts in South Africa. I have no plans to increase this number.
The following table gives details of salary scales of locally-engaged staff in South Africa. A direct comparison between these and rates paid in the United Kingdom would not, I believe, be meaningful.
SALARIES PAID TO LOCALLY-ENGAGED STAFF IN SOUTH AFRICA Local Grade Monthly Salary Scale (Rand) Senior Commercial Officer … R480–680 LEI … R370–520 LEII … R280–430 LEIII … R175–295 LEIV … R140–220 LEV(a) … R100–164 LEV(b) … R87–132 LEV(c) … R85–100