§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the annual cost of his Department's presence in Germany in each of the last three years. [9033]
§ Mr. HanleyThe annual cash operating cost of the missions in Germany was as follows:
Financial year £ 1993–94 19,480,357 1994–95 20,637,195 1995–96 21,722,071
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the annual cost to his Department of the running of the consulate in Berlin. [8951]
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§ Mr. HanleyThe cash operating cost of the British embassy office in Berlin for 1995–96 was £3,780,937.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the present staff establishment of the British consulate in Berlin. [8952]
§ Mr. HanleyUK-based staff figures are staff numbers from the authorised establishment but locally engaged staff are calculated in man years.
There are currently 21 UK-based staff working at the British embassy office in Berlin. These are supported by 41.20 man years of locally engaged staff—this figure includes locally engaged staff at the ambassador's residence.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the cost to his Department of all United Kingdom consulates in Germany. [8953]
§ Mr. HanleyThe cash operating cost of our missions in Germany for 1995–96 was as follows:
£ British Embassy, Bonn 8,744,134 Embassy Office, Berlin 3,780,937 Consulate-General, Dusseldorf 4,073,785 Consulate-General, Frankfurt 1,656,779 Consulate-General, Hamburg 1,390,261 British Trade Office, Leipzig 38,327 Consulate-General, Munich 1,586,127 Consulate-General, Stuttgart 451,721 Total 21,722,071