§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all the land overseas which is owned by the Government for non-military purposes, giving the number of hectares; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office owns freehold land at the 144 overseas diplomatic posts listed.
The total land area of the compounds, office sites and residence sites in the list is about 240 hectares. The land area of the staff houses listed is not readily available, but is estimated to be of the order of 40 hectares. The balance of the land occupied by diplomatic posts overseas is held on various leasehold or condominium terms.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office keeps the overseas estate under continuous review, and rationalises its land holdings and disposes of any surplus land where it is practicable, necessary and cost-effective to do so.
- Abu Dhabi: compound
- Addis Ababa: compound
- Alexandria: compound
- Algiers: residence
- Amman: office, residence, one staff house
- Amsterdam: office, residence
- Ankara: compound
- Asuncion: residence
- Athens: office, residence, two staff houses
- Atlanta: residence, one staff house
- Auckland: residence, two staff houses
- Baghdad: compound
- Bahrain: compound
- Bangkok: compound
- Banjul: residence
- Belgrade: office, one staff house
- Belmopan: office, residence, three staff houses
- Berlin: site
- Berne: office
- Bogota: residence
- Bonn: office, residence, two staff houses
- Bordeaux: residence
- Boston: residence
- Brasilia: compound, seven houses
- Bridgetown, residence, four staff houses
- Brisbane: residence, one staff house
- Brussels: residence, 15 staff houses
- Bucharest: office
- Budapest: residence, one staff house
- Buenos Aires: office, residence, two staff houses
- Cairo: compound, five staff houses
- Calcutta: compound
- Cape Town: residence, eight staff houses
- Caracas: residence
- Casablanca: site
- Castries: residence
573 - Chicago: two staff houses
- Cleveland: residence
- Colombo: office, two staff houses
- Copenhagen: residence, 13 staff houses
- Dakar: compound, two staff houses
- Damascus: site, residence
- Dar es Salaam: residence, 28 staff houses
- Doha: compound
- Dubai: compound
- Dublin: office, residence, 14 staff houses
- Durban: residence
- Edmonton: residence
- Gaborone: office, residence, eight staff houses
- Geneva: residence, three staff houses
- Georgetown, office, two staff houses
- Guatemala City: residence
- The Hague: office, residence, 10 staff houses
- Harare: residence, 13 staff houses
- Helsinki: office, residence, four staff houses
- Ho Chi Minh City: office, residence
- Houston: residence, one staff house
- Istanbul: compound site
- Jerusalem: compound
- Johannesburg: residence, nine staff houses
- Kabul: compound
- Kampala: 11 staff houses
- Karachi: compound
- Kathmandu: compound
- Khartoum: office, residence
- Kingston: compound, six staff houses
- Kingstown: office, residence
- Kinshasa: compound, residence
- Kuala Lumpur: compound, residence, four staff houses
- Kuwait: compound
- La Paz: office, residence
- Lille: residence
- Lilongwe: office, residence, 22 staff houses
- Lima: residence, one staff house
- Lisbon: office, residence, three staff houses
- Los Angeles: residence, one staff house
- Luanda: compound
- Lusaka: residence, 23 staff houses
- Luxembourg: residence
- Lyons: residence
- Madras: compound
- Madrid: office, residence, 18 staff houses
- Manila: residence
- Maputo: office, residence, two staff houses
- Marseilles: residence
- Maseru: compound, four staff houses
- Mbabane: office, residence, six staff houses
- Melbourne: residence, three staff houses
- Mexico City: office, residence
- Montevideo: office, residence
- Montreal: residence, one staff house
- Munich: residence
- Muscat: compound, 13 staff houses
- Nairobi: residence, 17 staff houses
- Naples: office/residence
- Nassau: residence, two staff houses
- Nicosia: office, residence, three staff houses
- Osaka: residence
- Oslo: compound, two staff houses
- Ottawa: office, residence, 20 staff houses
- Palma: residence
- Paris: offices, residences, 15 staff houses
- Perth: residence, one staff house
- Port Louis: office, residence, four staff houses
- Port of Spain: residence, five staff houses
- Port Vila: one staff house
- Prague: compound
- Pretoria: office, residence, 23 staff houses
- Quito: sites, residencev
- Rabat: residence
- Rangoon: office, compound, one staff house
- Reykjavik: site, residence
- Riga: compound
- Rome: office, residence
- St. George's: residencev
- St. John's: residence
574 - San Franciso: residence
- San José: residence
- Santiago: residence, six staff houses
- Sao Paulo: residence
- Seattle: residence
- Seoul: compound, one staff house
- Singapore: residence, one staff house
- Sofia: residence
- Stockholm: office, residence, two staff houses
- Strasbourg: residence, one staff house
- Suva: office
- Sydney: residence, two staff houses
- Tehran: compounds
- Tel-Aviv: office, residence, nine staff houses
- Toronto: residence, one staff house
- Tunis: office, residence
- Valletta: one staff house
- Vancouver: residence
- Victoria: residence
- Vienna: office, residence, two staff houses
- Vientiane: residence, six staff houses
- Vilnius: compound
- Warsaw: one staff house
- Washington: office, residence, 25 staff houses
- Wellington: offices, residence, 16 staff houses
- Windhoek: office, residence, five staff houses
- Zurich: residence