§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Offical Report and indicate the locations of those members of the Diplomatic 639W Corps serving overseas who have recognised qualifications in market research, marketing, advertising or public relations.
§ Mr. EnnalsThis information is not readily available and it would be disproportionately expensive to check on all members of the Diplomatic Service at present overseas. Various forms of training, including academic courses and attachments to industrial and commercial firms, are arranged for members of the Service, but these do not necessarily result in recognised qualifications.
§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Offical Report and indicate the locations of those members of the Diplomatic Corps serving overseas who have more than five years' marketing and selling experience with a private commercial organisation.
§ Mr. EnnalsOf those members of the Diplomatic Service now serving overseas, three officers have entered the Diplomatic Service since 1965 after more than five years' marketing and selling experience with a private commercial organisation. These officers are stationed at Paris, Ibadan and the EEC, Brussels. It would be disproportionately expensive to check on all members of the Diplomatic Service overseas, but a fair number have had some previous experience in commerce and industry.