Know-how Fund (Hansard, 13 May 1996)

§ 33. Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new proposals he has to extend the work of the know-how fund in the Baltic states. [27700]

§ Mr. Hanley
We are starting a regional project covering all three Baltic states in public administration development. Through this and other initiatives, the know-how fund will continue to provide rapid and flexible assistance to the reform process in the Baltic states. The countries concerned very much welcome our support.

§ Mr. Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what occasion and in relation to which contracts, contracts sponsored under the know-how fund in Moscow in the last five years were allocated and subsequently extended without being the subject of tendering or re-tendering procedures. [29237]
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§ Mr. Hanley
Of the 1,574 contracts the know-how fund has issued over the last five years, 1,256 contracts were awarded without a requirement to tender. This includes contracts issued to nominated individuals, low-value contracts where the costs of a competition would outweigh potential savings, and cost-sharing contracts.

§ Mr. Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the United Kingdom contractors and consultants who have been engaged on know-how fund sponsored food distribution projects and training projects in Moscow during the last five years; [29235]
(2) on what occasions and in relation to which contracts United Kingdom contractors and consultants who have been engaged on know-how fund sponsored contracts in the last five years were given such contracts without a requirement to tender; [29236]
(3) if he will list the projects funded during the last five years by the know-how fund relating to (a) food distribution in Moscow and (b) training in Moscow. [29234]

§ Mr. Hanley
The answers could be provided only at disproportionate cost.