§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff have attended commercial courses run by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many such courses his Department has run.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisCourses for commercial diplomatic officers are organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with assistance from the Department of Trade. The number of courses and the number of participants from the Foreign 1097W and Commonwealth Office was as follows:
Courses Participants 1971–72 … … 10 88 1972–73 … … 16 84 1973–74 … … 24 84 1974–75 … … 48 153 1975–76 … … 33 86