HC Deb 20 March 1995 vol 257 cc75-6W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 20 February,Official Report, columns 87–88, how much his Department spent on (a) pay, (b) allowances and (c) equipment and support costs for (i) services attachés, (ii) defence advisers and (iii) support staff in each overseas post for the last year in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [14345]

Mr. Soames

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 20 February,Official Report, columns 87–88, if he will give the official annual entertainment allowance currently at the disposal of service attachés and defence advisers in each overseas post; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Soames

The current official entertainment allowance at the disposal of defence staff in each overseas post is given below.

Annual Accountable Entertainment Allowance (AEA)
Capital Country AEA for year 1994–95 (Sterling)
Abu Dhabi UAE 10,998
Accra Ghana 7,239
Algiers Algeria 4,198
Amman Jordan 12,976
Ankara Turkey 6,152
Athens Greece 18,016
Bangkok Thailand 4,902
Beirut Lebanon 3,560
Belgrade Yugoslavia 10,343
Berne Switzerland 8,190
Bogata Colombia 9,675
Bonn Germany 27,319
Brasilia Brazil 9,885
Bratislava Slovakia 5,000
Bridgetown Barbados 6,099
Brussels Belgium 13,348
Bucharest Romania 3,500
Budapest Hungaria 5,899
Buenos Aires Argentina 22,755
Cairo Egypt 16,188
Canberra Australia 15,115
Caracas Venezuela 8,604
Copenhagen Denmark 8,307
Damascus Syria 5,004
Dhaka Bangladesh 5,011
Dublin Irish Republic 6,296
Guatemala City Guatemala 4,660

Annual Accountable Entertainment Allowance (AEA)
Capital Country AEA for year 1994–95 (Sterling)
The Hague Netherlands 24,677
Harare Zimbabwe 6,888
Helsinki Finland 11,790
Islamabad Pakistan 8,254
Jakarta Indonesia 5,824
Kampala Uganda 5,746
Kathmandu Nepal 3,160
Kiev Ukraine 4,811
Kingston Jamaica 4,474
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 8,328
Kuwait City Kuwait 4,476
Lagos Nigeria 10,836
Lisbon Portugal 7,082
Madrid Spain 16,641
Mexico City Mexico 6,883
Moscow Russia 21,958
Muscat Oman 13,762
Nairobi Kenya 5,160
New Dehli India 9,725
Nicosia Cyprus 7,698
Oslo Norway 11,608
Ottawa Canada 15,594
Paris France 56,985
Peking China 7,778
Prague Czech 8,198
Pretoria South Africa 6,150
Rabat Morocco 7,914
Riga Latvia 2,000
Riyadh Saudi Arabia 21,281
Rome Italy 27,816
Santiago Chile 8,455
Seoul South Korea 14,338
Singapore Singapore 12,928
Sofia Bulgaria 4,566
Stockholm Sweden 26,408
Tel Aviv Israel 14,746
Tokyo Japan 33,064
Vienna Austria 8,377
Warsaw Poland 6,126
Washington USA 224,400
Wellington New Zealand 8,076
Zagreb Croatia 4,000