To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) capital and (b) maintenance expenditure his Department has incurred on standby diesel generators for back-up electricity supply of his Department's estate in each year since March 1997. (266409)

[holding answer 25 March 2009]: Budgets for capital and maintenance expenditure are devolved to Foreign and Commonwealth missions overseas.

The information is not held centrally and it is not possible to obtain an answer without incurring disproportionate cost.