§ Mr. Denis MurphyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many overseas offices the Invest in Britain Bureau has; and if she will indicate(a) the number of staff operating out of each office, (b) the location of each office and (c) the countries or regions covered by each office. [19253]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyThe Invest in Britain Bureau has an overseas sales force of 57 in 17 FCO posts abroad carrying out full time inward investment promotion work, the majority of whom are FCO staff. In addition a further 34 staff give some of their time to inward investment promotion work.
Details are shown in the following table.
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Invest in Britain Bureau: Location of inward investment offices in overseas posts Country City Number of staff Country/region covered North America Canada Toronto 4 USA Atlanta 2 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Boston 2 Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Vermont Chicago 5 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin Houston 2 Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Los Angeles 4 Arizona, Califomia (part), Hawaii, Nevada (Clark County), Utah San Francisco 2 Alaska, Califomia (part), Idaho, Montana, Nevada (South), Oregan, Washington, Wyoming
Invest in Britain Bureau: Location of inward investment offices in overseas posts Country City Number of staff Country/region covered USA (cont.) New York 10 Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia Total 31 Europe France Paris 1 Germany Dusseldorf 2 Northern Germany Munich 2 Southern Germany Total 5 Asia-Pacific Australia Sydney 1 Hong Kong (post) 1 Hong Kong Hong Kong (Regional Office) 3 Asia Pacific region excluding Japan Japan Tokyo 4 Eastern Japan Osaka (including Nagoya) 4 Western Japan Taiwan Taipei 4 Korea Seoul 4 Total 21 1A further 34 staff in overseas posts give some of their time to inward investment work.