William Hague
Shadow Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2008, Official Report, column 2309W, on embassies: manpower, how many UK-based staff his Department employs in each country overseas.
David Miliband
Foreign Secretary
The number of UK-based civil servants employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in each country overseas is kept under constant review. It changes regularly as staff are redeployed to meet changing business priorities.
Some staff have regional roles and cover a number of countries in addition to the one in which they are based. Others are accredited to international organisations located in the country where they are based.
The figures in the table attached include all UK-based staff employed by, or seconded to, the FCO. The FCO's global network provides a platform to deliver for the whole of the Government. Staff serving other Government Departments, such as the Department for International Development or the Ministry of Defence in our Missions overseas, are not included.
| Country | UK based staff | Country | UK based staff | Country | UK based staff |
| Afghanistan | 74 | Holy See | 1 | Romania | 12 |
| Albania | 9 | Hungary | 15 | Russian Federation | 72 |
| Algeria | 11 | Iceland | 2 | Rwanda | 5 |
| Angola | 8 | India | 144 | Saint Lucia | 1 |
| Argentina | 15 | Indonesia | 29 | Saudi Arabia | 35 |
| Armenia | 4 | Iran | 22 | Senegal | 4 |
| Australia | 26 | Iraq | 42 | Seychelles | 2 |
| Austria | 39 | Ireland | 14 | Serbia | 14 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | Israel | 16 | Sierra Leone | 11 |
| Bahrain | 11 | Italy | 20 | Singapore | 19 |
| Bangladesh | 35 | Jamaica | 24 | Slovakia | 9 |
| Barbados | 11 | Japan | 39 | Slovenia | 7 |
| Belarus | 5 | Jerusalem | 11 | Solomon Islands | 2 |
| Belgium | 125 | Jordan | 27 | South Africa | 38 |
| Belize | 2 | Kazakhstan | 10 | Spain | 26 |
| Bolivia | 4 | Kenya | 41 | Sri Lanka | 22 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | Korea (North) | 4 | Sudan | 19 |
| Botswana | 4 | Korea (South) | 19 | Sweden | 12 |
| Brazil | 26 | Kosovo | 8 | Switzerland | 44 |
| Brunei | 6 | Kuwait | 21 | Syria | 13 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | Latvia | 3 | Taiwan | 10 |
| Cambodia | 5 | Lebanon | 17 | Tajikistan | 3 |
| Cameroon | 6 | Liberia | 1 | Tanzania | 9 |
| Canada | 23 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 18 | Thailand | 33 |
| Chile | 9 | Lithuania | 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 |
| China | 174 | Luxembourg | 3 | Tunisia | 8 |
| Colombia | 23 | Macedonia | 6 | Turkey | 44 |
| Congo DR | 8 | Malawi | 5 | Turkmenistan | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | Malaysia | 18 | Uganda | 14 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | Malta | 7 | Ukraine | 17 |
| Croatia | 9 | Mauritius | 4 | United Arab Emirates | 42 |
| Cuba | 8 | Mexico | 19 | USA | 134 |
| Cyprus | 14 | Moldova | 3 | Uruguay | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 10 | Mongolia | 2 | Uzbekistan | 7 |
| Denmark | 11 | Montenegro | 1 | Venezuela | 10 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | Morocco | 12 | Vietnam | 13 |
| Ecuador | 6 | Mozambique | 7 | Yemen | 13 |
| Egypt | 34 | Myanmar | 7 | Zambia | 9 |
| Eritrea | 2 | Namibia | 3 | Zimbabwe | 19 |
| Estonia | 7 | Nepal | 8 | — | — |
| Ethiopia | 18 | Netherlands | 17 | Overseas Territories | — |
| Fiji | 7 | New Zealand | 10 | Anguilla | 4 |
| Finland | 11 | Nigeria | 107 | Ascension Island | 1 |
| France | 54 | Norway | 11 | Bermuda | 3 |
| Gambia | 5 | Oman | 13 | British Virgin Islands | 4 |
| Georgia | 8 | Pakistan | 125 | Cayman Islands | 4 |
| Germany | 37 | Panama | 3 | Falkland Islands | 4 |
| Ghana | 34 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | Gibraltar | 8 |
| Greece | 15 | Peru | 6 | Montserrat | 4 |
| Guatemala | 6 | Philippines | 22 | Pitcairn | 1 |
| Guinea | 1 | Poland | 22 | Saint Helena | 2 |
| Guyana | 5 | Portugal | 9 | Tristan de Cunha | 1 |
| — | — | Qatar | 14 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 |
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