§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans there are to sell the San Francisco Consulate's residence; and if he will make a statement. [98125]
§ Mr. RammellI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 25 November 2002 (Official Report, column 79W). Officials will visit San Francisco again in March to assess the market and survey possible properties for purchase.
§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ambassadorial and consular offices and houses have been sold since 1997; and where these were. [98126]
§ Mr. RammellIn the financial years from 1996–97 to 2002–03 the FCO has sold seven overseas offices, 13 head of mission/post residences, one combined office/residence and 222 staff houses and flats, as follows:
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Number Sales completed in financial year 1996–97 Offices Dublin Total 1 Residences Abidjan Kuala Lumpur Total 2 Staff housing Buenos Aires 2 flats Canberra 2 houses Cape Town 1 house Helsinki 1 house Johannesburg 6 houses Lilongwe 5 houses Madrid 2 flats Mbabane 4 houses Paris 4 flats Reykjavik 1 house
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Number Santiago 1 house Wellington 3 houses Windhoek 1 house Total 33 Sales completed in financial year 1997–98 Offices Nil Total 0 Residences Paris OECD Zurich Total 2 Staff housing Bogota 1 flat Buenos Aires 1 flat Canberra 1 house Cape Town 1 house Geneva 1 house George Town 1 house Harare 1 house Helsinki 3 flats Johannesburg 1 house Lusaka 4 houses Madrid 1 flat Maputo 1 house Maseru 2 house Paris 7 flats Pretoria 1 house The Hague 2 flats Tirana 1 house Wellington 1 house windhoek 1 house Total 1 house Sales completed in financial year 1998–99 Offies Bogota Casablanca Total 2 Residences Lille Marseilles Total 2 Staff housing openhagen 2 flats Dublin 1 house Geneva 4 flats Honiara 1 house Johannesburg 2 flats Mbabane 1 house Oslo 1 house ottawa 2 houses Paris 2 flats Port of Spain 1 house pretoria 12 flats The Hague 1 flat Total 30 Sales completed in Fy 1999–2000 Offices Bonn Total 1
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Number Residences Dublin Cleveland Total 2 staff housing Bogota 1 flat Bonn 1house Bridgetown 1 house Budapest 1 house Geneva 2 flats Johannesburg 1 flats Kuala Lumpur 1 flat Madrid 1 house Mbabane 1 house Paris 2 flats Port Motresby 2 flats Santiago 1 house Stockholm 2 flats Sydney 1 house Tel Aviv 1 house Total 19 Sales completed in FY 2000–01 Offices Malaga Seville Total 2 Residences Bonn Total 1 Staff housing Bonn 1 house Cairo 2 house Capetown 1 house Dar es Salaam 6 flats Dublin 2 houses Geneva 1 flat Helsinki 1 house Jakarta 1 house Kuala Lumpur 1 flat and 1 house Lagos 6 flats Lisbon 1 house Madrid 1 house Nairobi 1 house Nassau 1 house Ottawa 3 flats Singapore 1 house Total 31 Sales completed in Fy 2001–02 Offices Mbabane Total 1 Office and residence Naples Total 1 Office and residences Munich St.John's Total 2 Staff Housing Athens 3 flats Bogota 3 flats Buenos Aires 2 houses Cario 1 house Capetown 3 houses Dar es Salaam 1 house Dublin 1 house
Number Geneva 1 flat Helsinki 1 house and 1 flat Jakarta 1 house Kingston 1 house Kuala Lumpur 1 house Lagos 2 houses Lusaka 1 house Montevideo 1 flat New York 2 flats Ottawa 1 house Paris 9 flats Port of Spain 1 house and 1 flat Santiago 1 flat Stanley 1 house Sydney 1 house Tel Aviv 4 houses The Hague 2 flats Valletta 1 house Washington 1 house and 6 flats Total 55 Sales completed in FY 2002–03 Offices Nil Total 0 Residences Lyon Strasbourg Total 2 Stuff housing Canberra 2 houses Durban 1 house Pretoria 1 house Muscat 2 houses Paris 2 flats Reykjavik 1 flat Dakar 1 house Lagos 1 house Lusaka 1 house Tel Aviv 2 houses Dublin 2 houses Bridgetown 3 houses Washington 1 house and 2 flats Total 22
§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on maintaining embassies and consulates in(a) EU countries and (b) the USA in the last 12 months. [98127]
§ Mr. RammellIn financial year 2001/2002 the cost of maintaining the FCO's accommodation in European Union countries and the USA was £4,107,918 and £1,850,847 respectively.