To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many new (a) embassies, (b) embassy residences, (c) high commissions and (d) high commission residences (i) have been built since 1997 and (ii) are planned to be built in the next year; in which countries; and if he will list the cost of each project. [118771]

The embassy and high commission accommodation that the FCO has constructed since 1997, and that planned for the current year, with the cost of each completed project is listed below.The estimated cost of future projects is being withheld under exemption 7 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, because the release of this information could compromise the tendering process.