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Iran: Diplomatic Service

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff were employed in the British embassy in Tehran on (a) 30 June 2007 and (b) 30 June 2008, broken down by department; and how many he expects to be employed on 30 September 2008. (219634)

[holding answer 17 July 2008]: As of 30 June 2007, 26 UK-based staff were employed at our embassy in Tehran in the following departments:

Senior Management (2); Political and Economic (7); Press and Public Affairs (1); Commercial (2); Management and Security (6); and Visa and Consular (8).

As of 30 June 2008, 24 UK-based staff were employed at our embassy in Tehran in the following departments:

Senior Management (2); Political and Economic (6); Press and Public Affairs (1); Commercial (1); Management and Security (6); and Visa and Consular (8).

As of 30 September 2008, we expect 23 UK-based staff to be employed at our embassy in Tehran—an increase of one person in the Political and Economic section, and a reduction of one person in the Visa and Consular section and one person in the Commercial section.