HC Deb 11 May 2004 vol 421 cc200-1W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the annual overall running cost was for the UK embassy in(a) Washington and (b) Paris in 2003–04; and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies. [170819]

Mr. Rammell

Final running cost figures for financial year 2003–04 will not be available until November 2004 at the earliest. I will send them to the hon. Member when they are. The number of staff at each post are as follows:

FCO UK OGD1 UK FCO LE2 OGD LE
Washington 63.00 20.00 158.50 16.15
Paris Embassy 46.00 15.00 151.80 4.40
1Other Government Department
2Locally employed.

The figures reflect the total number of full-time equivalents and include part time positions.