§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of the staff of the overseas development administration were serving in diplomatic missions at 31st December, 1971; and what was the breakdown between posts by numbers and ranks.
§ Mr. WoodTwelve officers of the Overseas Development Administration were serving in diplomatic missions at the end of last year.
The breakdown between posts, by numbers and ranks, was as follows:
- Ghana—1 First Secretary (Aid).
- India (New Delhi)—2—I First Secretary (Technical Assistance); 1 First Secretary (Economic).
- Indonesia—1 Third Secretary (Aid).
- Italy—I Counsellor (Permanent U.K. Delegate to F.A.O., Rome).
- Kenya—I First Secretary (Technical Assistance).
- Malawi—1 First Secretary (Aid).
- Malaysia—I Second Secretary (Aid).
- Philippines—1 Counsellor (Director, Asian Development Bank).
- Swaziland—I Second Secretary (Aid).
- Uganda—1 First Secretary (Aid).
- U.S.A. (Washington)—I Counsellor (Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development).