Will the First Minister state how many overseas offices the Welsh Government has and where are they based?
The Welsh Government has a network of 20 overseas offices, most of which are based within British Embassy or Consulate buildings. The number of staff employed at each office is shown in the table below.
The total cost of running the network is £4,684,000. This includes office rent, FCDO platform charges, staff salaries and on-costs. There is also a £750,000 network-wide activity budget for the overseas offices.
|
Location |
Number of staff currently employed
|
|
Atlanta |
1 |
|
Bangalore |
1 |
|
Beijing |
1 |
|
Berlin |
2 |
|
Brussels |
9 |
|
Chicago |
1 |
|
Chongqing |
3 |
|
Doha |
1 |
|
Dubai |
2 |
|
Dublin |
2 |
|
Dusseldorf |
1 |
|
Montreal |
2 |
|
Mumbai |
2 |
|
New Delhi |
0 |
|
New York |
2 |
|
Paris |
2 |
|
San Francisco |
1 |
|
Shanghai |
1 |
|
Tokyo |
4 |
|
Washington DC |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
41 |