Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of British (a) embassies and (b) high commissions do not have a serving defence attaché.

There are 288 British Embassies and High Commissions maintained internationally. 136 of these are served by Defence Attachés (88 residential and 48 non-residential), leaving 152 without.

Within these 136 locations, there are 21 High Commissions and 115 Embassies that are served by permanent Defence Attachés.