§ Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs why the expenditure on United Kingdom representation to the United States Government is £417,350, compared with an expenditure of £78,190 on United Kingdom representation to the United Nations and £66,740 on United Kingdom representation to the Soviet Government.
§ Mr. George ThomsonThe figures quoted by my hon. Friend refer only to expenditure during the last quarter of the financial year 1964–65.
The expenditure in the United States covers the cost not only of Her Majesty's Embassy at Washington but also of 23 Consular posts and of the British Information Services in New York. There are no subordinate Consulates in the Soviet Union. Figures for expenditure on the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations do not, of course, include any part of the United Kingdom contribution to the Organisation itself.