SDIPO (Hansard, 11 January 1988)

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian industrial consultants are currently employed in the SDIPO.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
Four, all of whom have severed their relationship with their respective companies for the duration of their secondment.

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian industrial consultants have been employed in SDIPO since the office was established.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
Four.

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total cost of running the SDIPO office.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
Since its formation in December 1985, approximately £1 million.

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants are currently employed in the SDIPO.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
Twenty-three, including three United Kingdom-based civilians and four locally employed civilians located in the United States.

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many United States personnel are currently employed or attached to the SDIPO.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
None.

§ Mr. Rogers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the companies from which industrial consultants to the SDIPO have been provided.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
British Aerospace plc, Thorn EMI, Ferranti plc and Hunting Engineering, each of which have provided one consultant on secondment for a period of two years.