§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) all the overseas posts for military attaches, (b) the total cost of maintaining the 87W posts and (c) the date of the most recent review of the value of military attachès.
§ Mr. SoamesThe United Kingdom currently has 126 attaches in 70 countries. A further 65 countries are covered by non-residential accreditations. The countries in which the UK has attaches are as follows:
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Capital Country Abu Dhabi UAE Accra Ghana Algiers (currently based Tunis) Algeria Amman Jordan Ankara Turkey Athens Greece Bangkok Thailand Beirut Lebanon Belgrade Yugoslavia Berne Switzerland Bogota Colombia Bonn Germany Brasilia Brazil Bratislava Slovakia Bridgetown Barbados Brussels Belgium Bucharest Romania Budapest Hungary Buenos Aires Argentina Cairo Egypt Canberra Australia Caracas Venezuela Colombo (post closes in July 1995) Sri Lanka Copenhagen Denmark Damascus Syria Dhaka Bangladesh Dublin Irish Republic Guatemala City Guatemala The Hague Netherlands Harare Zimbabwe Helsinki Finland Islamabad Pakistan Jakarta Indonesia Kampala Uganda Kathmandu Nepal Kiev Ukraine Kingston Jamaica Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Kuwait City Kuwait Lagos Nigeria Lisbon Portugal Madrid Spain Mexico City Mexico Moscow Russia Muscat Oman Nairobi Kenya New Delhi India Nicosia Cyprus Oslo Norway Ottawa Canada Paris France Peking China Prague Czechoslovakia Pretoria South Africa Rabat Morocco Riga Latvia Riyadh Saudi Arabia Rome Italy Santiago Chile Seoul South Korea Singapore Singapore Sofia Bulgaria Stockholm Sweden Tel Aviv Israel Tokyo Japan
Capital Country Vienna Austria Warsaw Poland Washington USA Wellington New Zealand Zagreb Croatia The cost this financial year of pay, allowances and related equipment and support costs for the accredited attachès and their dedicated support staff both overseas and in the UK is £25.7 million. Attaché costs are reviewed annually. The most recent independent review of attaches was the Goddard study, which reported in July 1993.