Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent consular staff were based in (a) India and (b) Gujarat in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
This information is represented below for each of the consular offices that we have in India for each year. Please note that consular cases in Gujarat are covered by our Deputy High Commission in Mumbai.
11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 | |
New Delhi | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Mumbai | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Kolkata | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Goa | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Chennai | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |