§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ambassadors' and high commissioners' cars were made(a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK. [82559]
§ Mr. FatchettThe Foreign Office has 215 flag cars in operation at Embassies and High Commissions overseas. These include protected and non-protected vehicles. There are presently 204 (95 per cent.) flag cars which have either been built in the UK and exported or built in the UK but bought locally. The Foreign Office has 11 flag cars which are non-UK built vehicles.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of vehicles used by(a) diplomatic posts and (b) Government departments overseas are (i) British manufactured and (ii) non-British manufactured. [82558]
§ Mr. FatchettOf the 1,202 vehicles currently supplied to diplomatic Posts overseas, 61.6 per cent. are British manufactured and 38.4 per cent. non-British manufactured. The information to answer part(b) of this question is not centrally held.