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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report those embassies and high commissions which cost over £1 million per annum; and if he will indicate with each its annual running cost and the number of staff employed.
Mr. Tomlinson
The information is as follows:
| Post | Annual Running Cost 1976–77* | United Kingdom Based Staff* | Locally Engaged Staff* | |
| (£ millions) | ||||
| Washington | … | 4·58 | 137 | 176 |
| Paris | … | 3·10 | 95 | 141 |
| Bonn | … | 2·56 | 82 | 121 |
| Tokyo | … | 2·41 | 57 | 80 |
| Brussels | … | 1·71 | 44 | 81 |
| Lagos | … | 1·54 | 55 | 91 |
| New Delhi | … | 1·36 | 65 | 202 |
| Moscow | … | 1·24 | 63 | 56 |
| Rome | … | 1·20 | 45 | 63 |
| Nicosia | … | 1·18 | 33 | 46 |
| Tehran | … | 1·15 | 44 | 70 |
| Ottawa | … | 1·12 | 24 | 63 |
| Vienna | … | 1·09 | 33 | 52 |
| Nairobi | … | 1·02 | 46 | 120 |
| * Expenditure borne by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with relatively small expenditure borne by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and by the Property Services Agency for certain accommodation provided overseas. | ||||