EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE (DEFENCE & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE) 33
3. There is a career Consulate in Salonika and career Vice-Consulates in Piraeus, Heraklion, and Corfu, all in rented accommodation. There are also Honorary Vice- Consulates in Samos, Kavalla, Rhodes and Patras.
Residential Accommodation
4. HM Ambassador's Residence, which is adjacent to the main Chancery offices, is PSA-owned having been bought in 1936 for £45,000 from the wife of the former Greek Prime Minister, Venizelos.
5. There are 37 UK-based staff at post accommodated as follows:
(a) 1 (2.7 per cent)-PSA-owned. (b) 1 (2.7 per cent)-PSA-rented.
(c) 22 (59.5 per cent)-Post Hirings
(d) 13 (35-1 per cent.)-Rent Allowance Hirings.
6. A list giving details of staff accommodation is attached. The basic annual rent bill is approximately £77,380.
7. In addition it is customary for the PSA to rent a suitable villa near the sea from May to October every year for use as HM Ambassador's Summer Residence. The rent of the villa used in the 1975 season was £4,280.
THE RESIDENCE
DOE OWNED
DOE HIRINGS
Serial No
House or Flat
GRA 0584 GRA 0634
House Summer Residence
Occupant
DOE Resident Rep HMA
Grade
=7
Rent Paid
8,500 300,000
POST HIRINGS
Serial No
House/Flat
Grade
Rent paid per month
GRA 0068
Flat
4
28,000
GRA 0088
GRA 0468
GRA 0508
GRA 0108
GRA 0118
GRA 0128
GRA 0158
GRA 0518
GRA 0598
GRA 0168
GRA 0538
GRA 0188
...
GRA 0628
GRA 0208
GRA 0678
GRA 0228
GRA 0258
GRA 0548
GRA 0668
GRA 0578
House
---4
30,000
House
30,000
House
30,000
Flat
22,000
House
25,000
Flat
20,000
House
13,500
Flat
6
10,000
House
6
16,500
Flat
7
15,000
House
12,000
House
9
12,000
Flat
9
8,000
House
9
...
9,975
House
9
...
10,000
Flat
S1
6,500
Flat
...
$2
4,500
Flat
$2
...
4,500
Flat
$2
5,000
Flat
SSO2
8,000
GRA 0498
House
SO3
:
7,000
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