E.E.C., E.F.T.A. and Commonwealth Secretariat (Staff)

HC Deb 10 May 1971 vol 817 cc25-6W

Mr. Marten

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total staff of, respectively, the European Economic Commission, including the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, the European Free Trade Association headquarters and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Mr. Rippon

The 1971 European Economic Community budget provides for 5,123 personnel for the Commission of the Community. The figures for the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament are 556 and 520, respectively. The staff

Periodic adjustments in the allowances were made because of these increases.

of the European Free Trade Association Secretariat numbers 86. The staff of the Commonwealth Secretariat numbers 150. All these figures exclude temporary staff, drivers, telephonists and messengers.