§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of persons, employed as accredited diplomats, and locally engaged, respectively, at the following embassies in London: the United States of America, the USSR, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, France, West Germany, and the German Democratic Republic.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe totals of home-based staff—both diplomatic and non-diplomatic—notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as at 2nd May 1978 are as follows:
United States of America 325 USSR 92 Poland 54 Hungary 34 Czechoslovakia 59 Romania 47 Bulgaria 40 France 245 Federal Republic of Germany 138 German Democratic Republic 34 Locally-engaged staff are not required to be notified to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but it is known from 209W the latest information supplied separately for revenue purposes that the following locally-engaged staff are employed:
USA 350 USSR Nil Poland 4 Hungary 6 Czechoslovakia Nil Romania Nil Bulgaria 3 France 47 Federal Republic of Germany 15 German Democratic Republic 4