HC Deb 11 January 1985 vol 70 c565W
Mr. Richard Page

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the number of staff in the British Embassy in Peking; and how they are deployed.

Mr. Rifkind

There are 38 United Kingdom based staff and 47 locally engaged staff in the British Embassy in Peking. The breakdown by Department is:

  • Ambassador
  • Personal Assistant

Chancery

  • Counsellor
  • Two First Secretaries
  • One Second Secretary
  • One Second Secretary (also employed on information work)
  • Three secretarial staff
  • Two locally engaged staff

Commercial Department

  • Counsellor
  • First Secretary
  • Second Secretary
  • Attache
  • Three United Kingdom based support staff
  • One locally engaged officer

Commercial work in Southern China is covered by the China Trade Unit in the British Trade Commission in Hong Kong which is staffed by a First and Second Secretary with 1.5 locally engaged staff.

Economic Section

  • First Secretary

Information Section

  • See Chancery
  • One part time locally engaged employee

Consular and Immigration Section

  • One First Secretary
  • One Attache
  • One United Kingdom based support staff
  • 4.5 locally engaged staff

Science and Technology

  • Second Secretary

Administration, Communications and General Support

  • First Secretary
  • Attache
  • 14 United Kingdom support staff
  • 39 locally engaged staff