§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the overseas exhibitions for trade fairs displaying military, security, police or paramilitary services or products his Department has provided support or joint venture funding for British companies to attend or exhibit at since 1988; what has been the value of such DTI support; and which companies have received such funding. [10272]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe DTI provided support to United Kingdom firms to exhibit towards the cost of participation at the following overseas exhibitions in the form of grants towards the cost of participation:
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Event Number of firms Support (£) Piraeus Defendory—October 1988 49 293,246 Sydney Aussie Air—October 1988 9 67,144 Essen Security—October 1988 20 22.877 Paris Europrotection—November 1988 11 13,741 Beijing Asiaindex—November 1988 21 89,855 Bangkok Defence Asia—December 1988 18 81.614 Dubai Air—January 1989 20 137.902 Ankara Idea—May 1989 30 129,430 Ottawa Armx—May 1989 21 58,959 Paris Airshow—June 1989 79 165,334 Washington Comdef—October 1989 26 163,028 Canberra Aidex—November 1989 9 38,891 Singapore Asian Aerospace—February 1990 60 277,828 Madrid Sicur—March 1990 27 70,407 Kuala Lumpur—March 1990 52 209,430 Baltimore Copex—May 1990 21 20,660 Piraeus Defendory—October 1990 32 174,131 Paris Expoprotection—November 1990 17 27,448 Essen Security—November 1990 20 18,153 Washington Comdef—November 1990 12 34,131 Bangkok Asia Defence—December 1990 12 56,332 Miami Copex—February 1991 17 15,680 Baltimore Copex—May 1991 15 14.052 Singapore Security—May 1991 8 17,144 Paris Airshow—June 1991 52 144,634 Minneapolis lacp—October 1991 6 4,775 Dubai Air—November 1991 73 332,277 Ankara Idea—November 1991 28 88,939 Seoul Defence—November 1991 26 78,923 Canberra Aidex—November 1991 16 52,731 Utrecht Security—November 1991 14 13,651 Riyadh Astex—December 1991 16 28,633 Miami Copex—February 1992 11 21,386 Singapore Asian Aerospace—February 1992 45 158,218 Madrid Sicur—March 1992 11 21,386 Kuala Lumpur Dsa—April 1992 63 171,331 Baltimore Copex—May 1992 9 8,865 Hong Kong Securtex—May 1992 12 33,008 Bahrein Medef—May 1992 12 37,558 Paris Eurosatory—September 1992 25 76,823 Johannesburg Interbou—August 1992 10 20,841 Paris Expoprotection—September 1992 14 37,636 Piraeus Defendory—October 1992 13 65,972 Essen Security—October 1992 15 18,859 Riyadh Astex—October 1992 15 50,401 Budapest Security—November 1992 6 9,978 Abu Dhabi Defence—February 1993 77 281,963 Singapore Security Asia—February 1993 10 30,012 Baltimore Copex—May 1993 9 10,605 Paris Airshow—June 1993 32 72,856 Ankara Idef—September 1993 11 62,694 Utrecht Security—October 1993 8 13,389 Budapest Security—November 1993 9 18,946 Dubai Air—November 1993 39 193,101 Paris Milipol—November 1993 7 17,659 Seoul Defence—November 1993 28 87,971 Poznan Securex—January 1994 8 17.508 Singapore Asian Aerospace—February 1994 54 247,078 Madrid Sicur—March 1994 8 15,885 Bangkok Securitex—June 1994 7 23,206 Kuala Lumpur Dsa—April 1994 62 241,906 Dubai Indepo—May 1994 10 26,506 Hong Kong Securitex—June 1994 11 31,116 Paris Eurosatory—June 1994 5 65,256 Las Vegas Asis—September 1994 11 29,745 Piraeus Defendory—October 1994 10 47,455 Essen Security—October 1994 20 21,247 Abu Dhabi Idex—March 1995 88 442,867 Singapore Security Asia—April 1995 19 55,047 Paris Airshow—June 1995 48 72.002 New Orleans Asis—September 1995 13 30,505 Bangkok Defence—September 1995 14 54.496 Ankara ldef—September 1995 8 75.850 Berlin Sitech—September 1995 10 14.246
Event Number of.firms Support (£) Seoul Defence—September 1995 18 72,194 Utrecht Security—October 1995 5 8,220 Dubai Air—November 1995 27 149,093 Paris Milipol—November 1995 12 30,396 The provisions of the Data Protection Acts precludes the release of information about individual firms.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what DTI support is provided to(a) the Defence Manufacturers Association and (b) Association of Police and Public Security Suppliers to support British companies to attend or exhibit at overseas military, security, police or paramilitary exhibitions. [10273]
§ Mr. OppenheimBoth associations are recognised sponsor organisations which may organise official groups of United Kingdom firms and are therefore eligible for support under the terms of the trade fairs support scheme and the outward mission scheme. Support under the former is in the form of grants towards the cost of participation and in the latter it is in the form of a travel grant.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Parliament of the Board of Trade what support or joint venture funding his Department has provided to British companies to attend or exhibit at the forthcoming Indepo, Dubai from 14 to 16 January; what is the value of such support; and to which companies it was given. [10274]
§ Mrs. OppenheimNo DTI support was provided to any British companies exhibiting at Indepo Dubai which took place on 14 to 16 January 1996.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what support or joint venture funding his Department has provided to British companies to attend or exhibit at the defence services Asia exhibition, Kuala Lumpur 1995; what was the value of such support; and to which companies it was given. [10275]
§ Mr. OppenheimThere was no exhibition in 1995. The most recent exhibition took place in 1994. The DTI provided support for United Kingdom firms to exhibit in the form of grants towards the cost of participation. Support totalling £241,906 was provided to 59 exhibiting companies. The provisions of the Data Protection Acts precludes the release of information about individual companies.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what support his Department provided in the last five years for British companies attending and exhibiting at Covert operations and police exhibition—COPEX—exhibitions throughout the world; what was the value of such support; and to which companies it was given. [10198]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe DTI provided support to United Kingdom firms to exhibit in the form of grants towards the cost of participation. Support totalling £81,641 was provided at six COPEX exhibitions throughout the world in the last five years. The provisions of the Data Protection Acts precludes the release of information about individual companies.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what support or joint venture funding is being256W provided to British companies to attend or exhibit at the forthcoming COPEX Jordan scheduled for 26 and 27 March; at what cost; and to which companies. [10195]
§ Mr. OppenheimNo DTI support is being provided to any British companies exhibiting at COPEX Jordan taking place on 26 to 27 March 1996.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what support his Department provided for British companies attending and exhibiting at COPEX Miami in February 1991; what was the value of such support; and to which companies it was given. [10197]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe DTI provided support for United Kingdom firms to exhibit in the form of grants towards the cost of participation. Support totalling £15,680 was provided to 17 companies exhibiting at this event. The provision of the Data Protection Acts precludes the release of information about individual companies.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what support or joint venture funding was provided to British companies which attended or exhibited at the international defence industry and civil aviation fair held in Turkey in November 1995; at what cost; and to which companies. [10196]
§ Mr. OppenheimThis event took place in Ankara in September 1995. The DTI provided support for United Kingdom firms to exhibit in the form of grants towards the cost of participation. Support totalling £75,850 was provided to eight companies exhibiting at this event. The provisions of the Data Protection Acts precludes the release of information about individual companies.