HC Deb 22 June 1993 vol 227 cc85-7W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current state of development of the proposed construction of the new transmitter in Thailand for the BBC World Service; and when the construction will be completed.

Country Post Number of diplomats Trade representatives1
Uruguay Montevideo 3.0 1
USA Atlanta 2.0 3
USA Boston 2.0 2
USA Chicago 5.0 9
USA Cleveland 1.0 1
USA Dallas 1.0 2
USA Houston 2.0 3
USA Los Angeles 6.0 4
USA Miami 1.0 2
USA New York BTIO 9.0 11
USA New York UKMIS 17.0 0
USA New York BIS 3.0 0
USA New York CG 4.0 0
USA New York JMO 2.0 0
USA San Francisco 2.0 2
USA Seattle 1.0 1
USA Washington 38.0 3
Uzbekistan Tashkent 2.0 0
Vanuatu Vila 2.0 0
Venezuela Caracas 7.0 4
Vietnam Hanoi 4.0 0
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 1.0 1
Yemen Sana'a 5.0 1
Yugoslavia Belgrade 7.0 3
Yugoslavia Kosovo 1.0 0
Zaire Kinshasa 2.0 0
Zambia Lusaka 8.0 2
Zimbabwe Harare 10.0 2
TOTALS 1,263.1 451
1 Including senior locally engaged staff.

Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which 10 countries have had the greatest growth of GDP over the last five years; and what has been the percentage change of the number of United Kingdom trade representatives in the diplomatic posts in each of these countries over that period.

Mr. Goodlad

The information is contained in the table.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We have reached agreement in principle with the Thai authorities for the construction of a BBC World Service relay station in Thailand. Detailed site survey work, which is required before final project approval can be given, is about to begin. The target date for completion of the project is 1996.