DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS AND AGENCIES (STAFFS)

HC Deb 29 November 1962 vol 668 cc89-90W

56. Mr. Iremonger

asked the Lord Privy Seal how many diplomats and employees of Government agencies of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Roumania are resident in the United Kingdom; and how many British subjects are resident in each of those countries in similar capacities.

Mr. Heath

I set out below the figures of staffs (including servants) of diplomatic and consular missions and of agencies of the type which my hon. Friend appears to have in mind.

Diplomatic and Consular Missions in the United Kingdom
Bulgaria	…	…	…	20
Czechoslovakia	…	…	…	50
Hungary	…	…	…	37
Poland	…	…	…	79
Roumania	…	…	…	35
				221

Agencies in the United Kingdom
Bulgaria	…	…	…	None
Czechoslovakia	…	…	…	25
Hungary	…	…	…	4
Poland	…	…	…	18
Roumania	…	…	…	1
				48

Her Majesty's Missions in East Europe
Bulgaria	…	…	…	20
Czechoslovakia	…	…	…	33
Hungary	…	…	…	33
Poland	…	…	…	59
Roumania	…	…	…	21
				166

There are also five British subjects working in the British Council Office in Warsaw.