§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the occasions since the 1977 Tripartite Safeguards Agreements between the UK- Euratom-IAEA came into force, that nuclear materials have been withdrawn from safeguards under the provisions of Treaty Article 14; what type and quantity of nuclear materials were involved in each case; and which withdrawals were permanent. [84135]
§ Nigel GriffithsA paper containing detailed information on advance notifications of the withdrawal of nuclear material from safeguards up to the end of 1999 was placed in the Library of the House on 28 July 2000,Official Report, column 1094W. Information on notifications during the period January 2000 to February 2001 was given in a written answer on 1 March 2001, Official Report, columns 732–33W, and information covering the period February to December 2001 is available on the non-proliferation section of the DTI website www.dti.gov.uk/non-proliferation.
The website will be updated annually and data for withdrawals during 2002 will be available there early in 2003. Information on withdrawal notifications made so far during 2002 is however contained in the following table. The withdrawals involved only small quantities of nuclear material used in radiation detectors or to be used for analytical purposes or as radiological shielding. All are regarded as permanent, except that from High Technology Sources Ltd.
On the final destination of shipments of military aircraft spares to India but our overseas posts have standing instructions to repost on allegations of misuse, diversion of re-export of any UK-origin defence equipment, including aircraft spares.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary on the final destination of State for Trade and Industry what information the Government collates shipments of military aircraft spares shipped to India in(a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. [81727]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 27 November 2002]: ECGD has provided no support for defence exports to India since 1998.