§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the running costs were for the UK high commissions in(a) Australia, (b) Canada, (c) India and (d) Pakistan, and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies, in the last year for which figures are available. [173647]
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§ Mr. RammellThe information is as follows.
Total operating costs for financial year 2002–03 are:
£ million Canberra 1.3 Ottawa 3.32 New Delhi 14.34 Islamabad 11.46 These costs include an element in respect of support incurred in the UK.
Staff numbers for financial year 2003–04 are:
Post FCO UK OGD1 UK FCO LE2 Canberra 18 6 80 Ottawa 19 10 75 New Delhi 61 42 490 Islamabad 79 15 333 1 Other Government Department 2 Locally employed The figures reflect the total number of full-time equivalents.
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the running cost was of the UK embassy in(a) Japan and (b) China in 2003–04; and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies. [173886]
§ Mr. RammellThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office account for 2003–04 has not yet been finalised.
However, total operating cots for financial year 2002–03 were:
£ million Tokyo 19.45 Beijing 11.92 These costs include an element in respect of support incurred in the UK.
Staff numbers for financial year 2003–04 are:
Post Tokyo Beijing FCO UK 40 68 OGDM1 UK 20 10 FCO LE2 135 166 1Other Government Department 2Locally employed The figures reflect the total number of full-time equivalents.