HC Deb 28 June 1995 vol 262 cc637-8W
Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which British ambassadors or high commissioners use Rolls Royce cars in connection with their official duties overseas; and what was the cost of purchasing and operating such vehicles in each of the last five years. [28319]

Mr. Goodlad

[holding answer 14 June 1995]: Rolls-Royce cars are in use at British diplomatic missions in:

  • Bonn
  • Paris
  • Tokyo
  • Washington
  • Brasilia
  • New York UKRep
  • Peking
  • Riyadh
  • Canberra

Purchasing and Operating Costs

  • 1990–91: 31.221
  • 1991–92: 37,085
  • 1992–93: 96.846
  • 1993–94: 133,317
  • 1994–95: 191.804

These figures include the cost of discreetly armoured vehicles whose conversion and running costs are far higher than those of normal cars. They also include the cost of cars no longer in use in Pretoria and Moscow.

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