83. Mr. Hookyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 245W Affairs what is the present size and approximate annual cost of the British Mission in Brussels concerned with matters relating to the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. FoleyThe present size of the United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities is 20 home-based and four locally-engaged staff. The approximate annual cost of this mission is £158,400. Staff salaries and allowances and the cost of residential and office accommodation amount to £147,688. The mission also shares the administration, transport and certain communications facilities of the British Embassy in Brussels; its proportionate share of these services costs £10,700 annually.