§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give details of any changes in the numbers of diplomatic or administrative and technical staff at Her Majesty's embassies in Damascus, Baghdad or Teheran since the reply to the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton on 6 June 1984.
§ Mr. RentonSince the answer given to my hon. Friend by my hon. Friend the Member for Wycombe (Mr. Whitney) on 6 June 1984 there have been no changes in the numbers of diplomatic or administrative and technical staff at Her Majesty's embassies in Damascus and Baghdad. There are two more third secretaries in the British interests section of the Sweden embassy in Tehran than were listed previously. One of these has been added since, but the other, was omitted in error from the earlier reply.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current number of administrative and technical staff currently employed at the embassies of Syria, Iraq and Iran, respectively.
§ Mr. LuceThe number of administrative and technical staff currently employed at these missions is as follows:
Number Syria 3 Iraq 27 Iran 8