§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the number of United Kingdom diplomatic representatives in 1983, 1984 and 1985 for the countries of Central America.
§ Mr. RentonThe following table gives the information requested:
United Kingdom based staff (on 1 January) 1983 1984 1985 Costa Rica 3 3 *║3 (San Jose) 2 3 †3 Panama 4 3 ¶3 (Panama City) 1 1 1 Belize 5 5 ●5 (Belmopan) 2 2 2 Honduras 3 3 ▀3 (Tegucigalpa) — — — E1 Salvador — — ⋆1 (San Salvador) — — — Nicaragua — — #1 (Managua) — — — Guatemala‡ 1 1 2 (Guatemala City) — — — * Diplomatic. † Non-Diplomatic. ‡ British interest section, Swiss embassy (relations with Guatemala were reduced to consular level as from 31 July 1963. Consular relations were broken as from 7 September 1981). ║ In addition a first secretary resident in Managua is also accredited to Costa Rica. ¶ In addition the defence attaché resident at Bogotá is accredited to Panama. ● Includes a defence liaison officer. ▀ In addition a first secretary resident in San Salvador is also accredited to Honduras. ⋆ The ambassador to Honduras is also accredited to E1 Salvador. # The ambassador to Costa Rica is also accredited to Nicaragua. In addition, the defence and assistant defence attachés resident in Mexico City are accredited to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.