Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 May 2004. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 May 2004 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual overall running cost was for the UK embassy in (a) Washington and (b) Paris in 2003-04; and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies. - Inc table and fact that will write.

Answer: Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the annual overall running cost was for the UK embassy in (a) Washington and (b) Paris in 2003-04; and how many staff were employed in each of these embassies. [170819] Mr. Rammell: Final running cost figures for financial year 2003-04 will not be available until November 2004 at the earliest. I will send them to the hon. Member when they are. The number of staff at each post are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. FCO UK OGD 1 UK FCO LE 2 OGD LE Washington 63.00 20.00 158.50 16.15 Paris Embassy 46.00 15.00 151.80 4.40 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Other Government Department 2 Locally employed. The figures reflect the total number of full-time equivalents and include part time positions.

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