HC Deb 22 May 1981 vol 5 cc197-8W
Mr. Normanton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many staff, funded by the Property Services Agency, are employed in the United Kingdom permanent representation to the European Community in Brussels, the United Kingdom delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels, the United Kingdom delegation to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris and the embassies in The Hague, Brussels, Copenhagen, Bonn, Athens, Paris, Dublin, Rome and Luxembourg, respectively.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The agency employs the following staff:

United Kingdom based Locally engaged
Brussels 11
Paris 1 7
Bonn 3
Athens 1 4
Rome 1 8

The staff at Brussels are employed on work for the United Kingdom permanent representative to the European Community, the United Kingdom delegation to NATO and the embassy. Those at Paris carry out work for the United Kingdom Delegation to OECD and the embassy. Of the total of the 33 locally engaged staff 12 spend part of their time on duties for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which pays half their cost. The agency employs no staff at The Hague, Copenhagen, Dublin or Luxembourg.