§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which 25 embassies had the highest running costs for the latest year for which information is available; and what was the amount spent in entertaining for that year and the number of butlers, cooks and other household staff employed.
§ Mr. Goodlad[holding answer 19 December 1994]: The latest available information, mainly in respect of 1993–94, is contained in the following table. Entertainment by all staff at the post concerned is included. Costs reflect local wage and price levels as well as the type of entertainment and numbers entertained. Staff numbers are of the total employed in the residence of the ambassador or high commissioner; not all such staff will be employed wholly or partly on entertainment duties.
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Post Entertainment (£ thousands) Numbers of Residence Staff Athens 63 11.0 Bangkok 54 11.0 Bonn 155 9.5 Brussels 51 5.5 Buenos Aires 54 9.5 Cairo 48 14.0 Canberra 48 9.0 Dhaka 49 8.5 Jakarta 51 8.0 Lagos/Abuja 109 8.0 Madrid 130 9.0 Moscow 105 10.0 New Delhi 58 18.0 Ottawa 68 7.0 Paris 331 17.0 Peking 75 9.0 Riyadh 68 4.0 Rome 107 10.5 Seoul 65 5.0 Singapore 61 11.0 The Hague 53 7.0 Tokyo 317 13.0 Vienna 59 8.0 Warsaw 42 6.5 Washington 270 19.9