§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the relative staffing levels of diplomatic representation abroad as between the UK and(a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Italy. [48206]
§ Mr. Fatchett[holding answer 30 June 1998]: A 1997 European Commission survey of Member States gave numbers of home-based Foreign Ministry staff serving abroad:
Number UK 2,400 Italy 2,816 France 6,000 Germany 3,619