§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the totals and categories of all expatriates who are employed by the Property Services Agency at embassies and consulates throughout the world; and what is the cost to the United Kingdom Exchequer of these services.
§ Sir George Young:There were 44 United Kingdom-based staff in post at 1 October, as below.
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At FCO posts Post Grade Discipline Non-Industrial Staff Bangkok PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Barbados PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Brasilia PTOII Building and Civil Brasilia PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Canberra PTOII Building and Civil Islamabad PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Islamabad PTOII Building and Civil New Delhi PTOII Building and Civil New Delhi PTOII Mechanical and Electrical New Delhi PTOI Design and Furnishing Singapore PTOII Building and Civil Tokyo PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Washington PTOI Mechanical and Electrical Brussels PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Moscow PTOII Building and Civil Athens PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Freetown PTOII Building and Civil Lagos PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Abu Dhabi PTOIII Mechanical and Electrical Pretoria PTOII Building and Civil Pretoria PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Jedda PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Nairobi PTOII Building and Civil Nairobi PTOII Mechanical and Electrical Industrial Staff Peking Foreman Electrician Budapest Foreman Mechanical and Electrical Moscow Foreman Electrician Prague Foreman Building and Civil Warsaw Foreman Building and Civil Accra Foreman Building and Civil Cairo Foreman Mechanical and Electrical Lagos Foreman Mechanical and Electrical Lagos Foreman Building and Civil Madrid Foreman Mechanical and Electrical Rome Foreman Electrician Baghdad Foreman Building and Civil Lusaka Foreman Mechanical and Electrical Addis Ababa Foreman Building and Civil Site Control Staff Non-Industrial Staff Belmopan PTOIII Building and Civil Belmopan PTOIII Mechanical and Electrical Brasilia PTOI Building and Civil Brasilia PTOI Mechanical and Electrical Khartoum PTOI Building and Civil Khartoum PTOII Mechanical and Electrical The number of staff varies throughout the year, however; and costs are also considerably affected by, for example, location, and by officers' personal circumstances. We expect to spend of the order of £1.2 million on this service this year.