§ Mr. FatchettTo 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. SoamesThe information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. FatchettTo 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. SoamesThe current official entertainment allowance at the disposal of defence staff in each overseas post is given below.
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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