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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Mr. Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (a) how many staff are employed, (b) how many staff are employed in the visa section and (c) how many staff in each visa section are non-British nationals in Her Majesty's embassies, high commissions and posts in (A) Zimbabwe, (B) Somalia, (C) Afghanistan, (D) Iran, (E) Turkey, (F) Congo, (G) Sri Lanka, (H) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (I) Pakistan, (J) India, (K) Albania, (L) Algeria, (M) Angola, (N) Bolivia, (O) Brazil, (P) Bulgaria, (Q) China, (R) Colombia, (S) Croatia, (T) Egypt, (U) Ghana, (V) Nigeria, (W) Jamaica, (X) Kenya, (Y) Morocco, (Z) Romania, (AA) Sweden and (BB) Czech Republic. [115226] Mr. Rammell: The information requested is set out in the following table, however, we hold no records centrally on local staff nationality and this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. We have therefore provided the total number of local staff in each visa section. The figures reflect staff year full time equivalents i.e. two officers working part time at 50 per cent. equals one full time officer. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Letter Country Post Total staff Total visa staff Locally engaged staff A Zimbabwe Harare 60.9 4.2 3.1 B Somalia Mogadishu 0.0 0.0 0.0 C Afghanistan Kabul 23.0 0.1 0.0 D Iran Tehran 116.0 26.2 18.0 E Turkey Ankara 83.5 2.7 2.5 E Turkey Istanbul 113.3 34.0 23.3 F Congo Kinshasa 60.0 2.0 1.8 G Sri Lanka Colombo 107.8 14.6 10.0 H Serbia/Montenegro Belgrade 77.3 6.0 4.0 H Serbia/Montenegro Pristina 43.0 1.0 1.0 I Pakistan Islamabad 387.6 104.8 64.6 I Pakistan Karachi 91.0 28.0 19.0 I Pakistan Lahore 0.0 0.0 0.0 I Pakistan Sylhet 3.0 2.0 2.0 J India Chennai 48.0 22.9 15.9 J India Kolkata 49.0 6.0 4.1 J India Mumbai 119.6 42.2 28.1 J India New Delhi 348.4 61.2 46.0 K Albania Tirana 34.0 3.8 2.5 L Algeria Algiers 66.7 7.5 6.4 M Angola Luanda 42.5 1.3 1.0 N Bolivia LaPaz 40.1 0.4 0.3 0 Brazil Brasilia 132.4 0.3 0.2 0 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 34.2 2.8 2.2 0 Brazil Sao Paulo 42.8 0.0 0.0 P Bulgaria Sofia 78.1 14.2 10.5 Q China Beijing 215.7 46.3 31.6 Q China Chongqing 10.5 0.0 0.0 Q China Guangzhou 46.0 20.3 15.0 Q China Hong Kong 160.8 7.2 6.1 Q China Shanghai 49.2 13.7 9.7 R Colombia Bogota 99.6 11.9 8.2 S Croatia Zagreb 50.8 10.7 8.1 T Egypt Alexandria 13.6 0.5 0.5 T Egypt Cairo 161.0 12.5 10.0 U Ghana Accra 193.5 48.6 32.5 V Nigeria Abuja 113.5 18.2 12.0 V Nigeria Lagos 261.3 71.9 46.9 W Jamaica Kingston 73.5 7.8 5.6 X Kenya Nairobi 140.7 13.2 7.9 Y Morocco Casablanca 27.0 7.5 5.1 Y Morocco Rabat 32.3 0.4 0.3 Y Morocco Tangier 3.0 0.9 0.9 Z Romania Bucharest 84.2 13.5 9.8 AA Sweden Stockholm 59.5 4.4 4.4 BB Czech rep Prague 71.0 2.5 1.8 4,068.5 699.7 482.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

115226; 405 c956-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Entry clearances Staff Visas Embassies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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