§ Mr. Rymanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total cost during the course of the last three financial years of the maintenance, salaries and wages and entertainment expenses incurred by Her Majesty's Embassies in Washington, Paris, Bonn, Rome and Brussels, respectively.
§ Mr. Ennals, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 4th July 1975; Vol. 894, c. 589.], gave the following information:
The table below shows the approximate annual costs of the five embassies during the last three financial years. The costs are those borne by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and exclude the costs of specialist staff borne on other departmental Votes and of accommodation borne by the Property Services Agency. The figures under the heading "Maintenance" include all other expenditure incurred in running the embassies.
§ Mr. HattersleyCopies of the English text of the report were made available in the Vote Office on 8th July. The report was published simultaneously in the six Community languages and the six texts are equally authentic. I understand that the report was originally 327W drafted in French and I shall arrange for a copy of the French text to be placed in the Library.