HC Deb 10 December 1975 vol 902 cc281-3W
Mr. Norman Lamont

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth

Column 1 Salary* Column 2 Allowances*† Column 3 Entertainment Expenses‡
Gross £ Net £ £ £
Bonn
Ambassador … … (18,675) 8,954 10,801 18,322
Minister … … … (12,410) 7,674 10,443 4,146
Counsellor … … (10,235) 6,347 7,244 2,637
First Secretary … … (6,975) 5,037 4,848 1,146
Second Secretary … (4,710) 3,663 3,742 345
Paris
Ambassador … … (18,675) 8,954 35,932 20,999
Minister … … … (12,410) 7,674 11,710 4,922
Counsellor … … (10,235) 6,347 7,573 3,622
First Secretary … … (6,975) 5,037 6,195 2,402
Second Secretary … (4,710) 3,663 4,776 697
Rome
Ambassador … … (18,675) 8,954 5,565 11,056
Minister … … … (12,410) 7,674 8,565 2,746
Counsellor … … (10,235) 6,347 6,607 2,332
First Secretary … … (6,975) 5,037 5,135 1,087
Second Secretary … (4,710) 3,663 4,010 544
Brussels
Ambassador … … (14,000) 7,869 11,848 9,410
Counsellor … … (10,235) 6,347 7,433 3,103
First Secretary … … (6,975) 5,037 5,692 1,855
Second Secretary … (4,710) 3,663 4,404 692
* The allowances in column 2, together with salary, are designed to help staff to meet the extra cost of living abroad and to provide them with the means to carry out the representational aspects of their duties.
† The wages of servants employed at Ambassadors' residences are paid direct from public funds and not through the Ambassadors' allowances.
‡ Column 3 shows the maximum amounts which are payable by way of reimbursement of entertainment expenses. In many cases the amount of public funds actually spent is less than the totals shown in the table.

The table does not include boarding school bills. The limits are the same for school allowances. These are paid to all grades, including the most junior, and staff, within prescribed limits, against

Affairs whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the value per head of the total remuneration package, including all allowances and help with school fees at ambassador, minister, councillor, first secretary and second secretary levels in the British embassies in Bonn, Paris, Rome and Brussels; and whether he will indicate the cases in which accommodation, personal transport, or help towards personal transport are provided.

Mr. Ennals

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th November 1975, Vol. 901, c. 204], gave the following information:

The remuneration for the Ambassador, and married staff at Minister, Counsellor, First and Second Secretary levels at Bonn, Paris, Rome and Brussels is shown in the table below:

School bills. The limits are the same for all grades, including the most junior, and do not vary according to post.

Staff included in the table are provided with residential accommodation at public expense, running expenses normally being met from salary and allowances. The accommodation may be owned or leased, and furnished, by Her Majesty's Government or it may be leased by the officer. In the latter case a rent allowance for furnished accommodation, based on official and family requirements, is payable within prescribed limits. Examples of rent allowances are: DM 4,800 (£912) and B. Fr. 97,000 (£1,215) for Second Secretaries in Bonn and Brussels respectively; Lire 7,189,800 (£5,210) and F. 63,000 (£7,000) for Counsellors in Rome and Paris respectively.

Normally Heads of Mission only are provided with an official car and chauffeur; for other staff the allowances given in column 2 in the table include provision for running a car.