HC Deb 15 December 1975 vol 902 cc530-2W
Mr. Hurd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many locally engaged staff are employed, and at what expense, by the different missions of Her Majesty's diplomatic service in the United States of America, India and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Ennals

Local staff numbers and costs for each of our diplomatic and consular missions in these three countries are as follows:

Number of locally engaged staff Annual cost
£
United States of America
Washington 180 1,009,157
Atlanta 14 86,776
Baltimore 2 13,440
Boston 11 70,941
Chicago 28 171,480
Cleveland 9 62,380
Dallas 3 20,210
Detroit 7 48,290
Houston 17 107,570
Los Angeles 30 180,956
New York (United Nations) 5 25,490
New York (Consulate-General) 18 92,690
New York (BTDO) 52 321,200
New York (British Information Services) 62 345,980
New York (Joint Services Offices) 42 208,350
Philadelphia 8 54,040
St. Louis 7 48,655
San Francisco 25 147,650
San Juan 5 31,120
Seattle 7 42,420
532 3,088,795
India
New Delhi 203 206,991
Bombay 74 83,918
Madras 45 51,607
Calcutta 68 74,674
390 417,190
Federal Republic of Germany
Bonn 137 771,314
Berin (Consulate-General) 16 101,110
Dusseldorf 37 221,802
Frankfurt 19 128,586
Hamburg 32 186,339
Hanover 21 122,928
Munich 23 138,287
Stuttgart 16 106,974
Bremen 2 13,582
303 1,790,922

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the number of employees, include-ing locally recruited personnel, at each of the British embassies in the other eight countries of the EEC.

Mr. Ennals

The following staff are employed, including specialist staff from other Departments:

UK-based Locally engaged
Bonn 107 137
*Brussels 48 86
Copenhagen 28 59
Dublin 19 36
The Hague 31 36
Luxembourg 8 5
Paris 121 158
Rome 57 86
* Includes the staff of the Joint Administration Office which administers our Missions to the EEC and NATO as well as the Embassy.

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