§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of all equipment belonging to the United Kingdom armed forces which has been loaned or hired back to the company which produced it for display at military exhibitions or other sales promotion purposes in the last five years.
§ Mr. AitkenThe information requested is not held centrally and could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each type of aircraft, the numbers sold abroad in each of the last 10 years and to which country or region of the world.
§ Mr. AitkenA breakdown of the total value of defence exports by geographical region between 1985 and 1990 is given in the "Statement of Defence Estimates 1991", volume 2, table 2.7. The full information which the hon. Member requests could not be released, as details of particular defence sales are frequently subject to confidentiality agreements at the request of the recipient Government.