§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report those 380W embassies and high commissions which cost over £1 million per annum; and if he will indicate with each its annual running cost and the number of staff employed.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe information is as follows:
Post Annual Running Cost 1976–77* United Kingdom Based Staff* Locally Engaged Staff* (£ millions) Washington … 4.58 137 176 Paris … 3.10 95 141 Bonn … 2.56 82 121 Tokyo … 2.41 57 80 Brussels … 1.71 44 81 Lagos … 1.54 55 91 New Delhi … 1.36 65 202 Moscow … 1.24 63 56 Rome … 1.20 45 63 Nicosia … 1.18 33 46 Tehran … 1.15 44 70 Ottawa … 1.12 24 63 Vienna … 1.09 33 52 Nairobi … 1.02 46 120 * Expenditure borne by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with relatively small expenditure borne by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and by the Property Services Agency for certain accommodation provided overseas.