HL Deb 08 June 1999 vol 601 c151WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Answer by Lord Carter on 19 May (H.L. Deb., col. 298), how many of the 300 people involved in the programme on the European Union side work in Russia supervising the distribution of food aid there. [HL2745]

Lord Donoughue

According to information supplied by the European Commission, staff currently working in Russia involved in the food aid programme comprise 10 employees of the Commission itself and a further 370 agency staff, of whom 300 are engaged as local inspectors.