BRITISH EMBASSY, PARIS (STAFF)

HC Deb 28 May 1962 vol 660 cc88-9W

Mr. Shepherd

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will state the number of persons employed in the British Embassy in Paris in 1938, the number employed in 1962, and the cost per person in 1938 and in 1962, respectively.

Mr. P. Thomas

The staff employed by the Foreign Office in 1962 at the British Embassy in Paris number 171, at a cost per person of £1,733 per annum. The corresponding number in 1938 was 56, and the cost per person £763 per annum.