§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 27 November 1998,Official Report, column 443, if he will list the five diplomatic posts he is closing. [62060]
§ Mr. FatchettThe five diplomatic posts to be closed are: Chaing Mai (Thailand); Cleveland (USA); Kuching (Malaysia); Pusan (S. Korea); and Seville (Spain).
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on which date the consulate in Lyons will be closed. [62063]
§ Mr. FatchettThe Consulate in Lyons will not be closing.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the diplomatic posts that he has expanded since 1 May 1997, indicating the(a) number and (b) grades of the diplomats in post (i) on 1 May 1997 and (ii) currently. [62061]
§ Mr. FatchettThe posts which have seen a net increase in jobs between 1 May 1997 and 30 November 1998 are listed.
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Post 1997 1998 Additions to the UK establishment Abuja 7.00 10.00 DS9, S2, S0 Ashgabat 2.00 3.00 DS9 Baku 3.00 4.00 DS9 Bogota 11.00 12.00 DS7M Brasilia 12.00 13.00 DS9 Brussels UKDEL NATO 36.00 38.00 SEO, DS7M Casablanca 4.00 5.00 DS9 Dusseldorf 10.00 11.00 DS9 Ekaterinburg 1.00 2.00 DS9 Geneva (UKDEL) 5.50 6.50 DS5 Guangzhou 3.00 5.00 DS7D, DS9 Jakarta 21.00 22.00 DS9 Jerusalem 6.00 7.00 DS7M Karachi 13.00 16.00 DS9, EA, HPTO Kiev 13.00 14.00 DS7M Kinshasa 3.00 5.00 DS9, S2 Ljubljana 3.00 4.00 EA Madras 5.00 8.00 2 x DS7M, DS9 Minsk 3.00 4.00 EA Paris (UKDEL OECD) 6.00 7.00 EA Peking 47.00 48.00 DS7M Quito 5.00 6.00 DS9 Riga 3.00 5.00 DS9, EA San Francisco 2.00 3.00 DS7M Shanghai 6.00 7.00 DS9 St. Petersburg 5.00 6.00 EA Taipei 6.00 7.00 DS7M Tallinn 3.00 4.00 DS9 Tirana 3.00 4.00 DS7M Tunis 11.00 12.00 DS7M Yerevan 2.00 3.00 DS9 Between those two dates there was an overall reduction in our UK based manpower, so a greater number of slots were deleted elsewhere to provide these additions. It would be disproportionately expensive to list all of the grades of all the diplomats in post between these times.