TNAG-2192-FCO40-3129-Hong-Kong-nationality-package-1990 — Page 187

Immigration and Nonality Department

Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY Telephone 01-760

(GTN 3882)

2922

HOME OFFICE

indR indore

1164

Mr Paul F.i.

B&V Mr Callagham, Finance De

Thr Clements, RMD ✓ Mher Harrington, NTD

Your reference

Our reference

Date

нко 34014

Pl. See also Keith Wright's

letter of 7/3 to Godfrey Stadler,

9 March 1990 Home office,

copied to you

John Morris Esq

Hong Kong Department

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

1 1 MAY 1990

Foreign & Commonwealth OTISK OFFICER

REGISTRY

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

LONDON SW1

m 8/3

---

Grateful for your urgent

advice on bow I am to

realy to this.

213

WHY? WHY N BRZ

Dear John,

HONG KONG ASSURANCES:

COSTS OF UK TEAM

We spoke on 7 March about this.

As you will know, we are insisting, and HKG accept, that all UK costs will be covered by receipts from applications and registrations arising under the scheme. The basis on which we are currently working is that HKG will re-imburse HMG's costs and that the money will go to CFER.

There remains the question of which Department should cover the initial funding of the UK team. Using figures provided by John Hague, we had estimated that the cost of providing a team of two (SEO/DS6 + EO/DS9) might amount to between £250,000 and £300,000 depending upon actual location. This was a very rough, and rushed costing. It will now need to be refined to take account of the fact that the team will probably be

Civil Service

swil

slightly larger - 3 or perhaps 4, possibly headed by a Grade 7 (Grades

-

and that it will be based within HKD. One major factor affecting the extent of HMG's initial outlay will, of course, be whether HKG charge us rent for accommodation occupied.

It seems to us that there are advantages in treating the UK team in precisely the same way as any other consular outpost

..under is, in effect, what it will be), ie that it

BTZ

would be initially financed by the FCO which has experience in these matters and, presumably, existing financial sub-heads through which payments can be made. The alternative of funding by the Home Office would require us to make a specific and unusual PES bid to cover overseas activity by staff which might not even be from the Home Office. It would seem sensible, if any additional bid has to be made, for this to be done by the FCO through the usual Treasury channels.

FCO