HC Deb 28 February 1997 vol 291 cc422-4W
6. Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria govern the circumstances in which United Kingdom embassies and high commissions are staffed by personnel not from his Department or the Department of Trade and Industry; and if he will list those posts which are permanently staffed by such officials. [17707]

Mr. Hanley

FCO and DTI staff are chosen to fill overseas vacancies on the basis of their suitability, using open, competitive boarding procedures. When specialist knowledge or expertise is needed, officers from other Government Departments are, on occasions, also invited to bid.

Service attaché and support posts are permanently staffed by Ministry of Defence personnel. A proportion of entry clearance manager and officer posts are permanently staffed by members of HM immigration service. On the basis of available information, there are currently 371 MOD staff serving in 74 missions and 87 immigration service staff in 33 missions

In addition, there is a small number of specialist posts—for example, drug and airline liaison officers—some of which are wholly or partially funded by other Government Departments or external bodies, and filled permanently by their staff. No definitive list is currently available. One is being compiled and will be sent to the hon. Member at a later date.

UK MISSIONS IN WHICH CERTAIN POSTS ARE PERMANENTLY STAFFED BY MOD

  • Abu Dhabi
  • Accra
  • Amman
  • Ankara
  • Athens
  • Bahrain
  • Bangkok
  • Beirut
  • Belgrade
  • Berne
  • Bogota
  • Bonn
  • Brasilia
  • Bratislava
  • Bridgetown
  • BMATT Bridgetown
    • 423
  • Brussels Embassy
  • Brussels, UKDEL NATO and WEU
  • Bucharest
  • Budapest
  • Cairo
  • Canberra
  • Caracas
  • Colombo
  • Copenhagen
  • Damascus
  • Dhaka
  • Doha
  • Dubai
  • Dublin
  • Guatemala
  • Hague
  • Harare
  • Helsinki
  • Islamabad
  • Jakarta
  • Kampala
  • Katmandu
  • Kiev
  • Kingston
  • Kinshasa
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Kuwait
  • Lisbon
  • Madrid
  • Manila
  • Mexico City
  • Moscow
  • Muscat
  • Nairobi
  • New Delhi
  • Nicosia
  • Oslo
  • Ottawa
  • Paris
  • Peking
  • Prague
  • Pretoria
  • Rabat
  • Riga
  • Riyadh
  • Rome
  • Santiago
  • Seoul
  • Singapore
  • Sofia
  • Stockholm
  • Tel Aviv
  • Tokyo
  • Vienna
  • Warsaw
  • Washington
  • Wellington
  • Zagreb

UK missions in which certain posts are permanently staffed by members of HM immigration service

  • Abuja
  • Accra
  • Addis Ababa
  • Amman
  • Bankok
  • Banjul
  • Bombay
  • Cairo
  • Casablanca
  • Colombo
  • Dar Es Salaam
  • Dhaka
  • Dubai
  • Dusseldorf
  • Islamabad
  • Istanbul
  • Kampala
  • Karachi
  • Khartoum
  • Kiev
  • Kingston
  • Kuwait
  • Lagos
  • Lusaka
  • Madras
  • Manila
  • Moscow
  • Nairobi
  • New Delhi
  • Paris
  • Peking
  • Sana'a
  • St. Petersburg

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