§ Mr. Hurdasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the average cost to public funds of maintaining at an overseas post with his family a United Kingdom based officer of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
§ Mr. RowlandsThe average cost to public funds varies widely from post to post and according to an officer's grade and representational status. The costs, including salaries, of maintaining a married First Secretary, Diplomatic Service Grade 5, with one child at a representative selection of posts are estimated to be as follows:
Washington £19,000 per annum Rome £18,000 per annum Nairobi £15,000 per annum Madras £13,000 per annum
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service are currently receiving financial assistance towards the payment of school fees; how many children are involved; what is the cost to public funds; and how these figures compare with 1960 and 1970.
§ Mr. RowlandsAt the beginning of the current school term, 1,103 members of the Diplomatic Service were in receipt of boarding school allowance which is paid, within prescribed ceilings, for children resident at boarding school in the United Kingdom. The allowance was paid in respect of 1,879 children. I regret that information for 1960 and 1970 is not readily available; to obtain it would involve a disproportionate cost to public 849W funds. In addition, some financial assistance, within prescribed limits, is given where necessary towards day school fees for some children who accompany their parents abroad. The number of such children at any given time is not recorded centrally.
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of the Diplomatic Service receive larger salaries than the total remuneration of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; how many receive larger salaries than the total remuneration of the Ministers of State in the House of Commons; and how these figures compare with 1960 and 1970.
§ Mr. RowlandsFifteen members of the Diplomatic Service now receive salaries which exceed the total emoluments of the Secretary of State; a further 37 receive salaries in excess of the total emoluments of Ministers of State in the House of Commons. The corresponding figures for 1970 were 15 and 34 respectively.
In 1960, when the three Departments which now comprise the Foreign and Commonwealth Office existed as separate entities, a total of 17 officials received salaries exceeding those of the then Secretaries of State and a further 31 received salaries exceeding those of Ministers of State.
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service live in accommodation provided free of charge
1975 1970 1960 United Kingdom Missions or Delegations to: United Nations, New York … … 17 20 16 United Nations/GATT, Geneva … … 15 11 2 (UN only) Disarmament Conference, Geneva … … 4 4 5 NATO, Brussels … … 21 16 15 OECD, Paris … … 7 6 9 OEEC) Council of Europe, Strasbourg … … 3 2 2 IMF/IBRD, Washington … … 5 5 Not available UNESCO, Paris … … 2 2 0 MBFR Vienna … … 7 Not in existence
§ Mr. Tugendhatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many diplomats and other specialist staff are employed at Her
850Wby Her Majesty's Government; and how this figure compares with 1960 and 1970.
§ Mr. Rowlands3,272. This compares with a figure of 3,418 in 1970. As the Diplomatic Service was not formed until 1965 comparable figures for 1960 are not available.