§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the on-site inspections made in the United Kingdom under the Stockholm and Vienna documents; what has been the annual cost of providing escorts for on-site inspections made in the United Kingdom under the Stockholm and Vienna documents; and from which subheads of which votes these funds are taken;.
(2) if he will list the on-site inspections made by the United Kingdom under the Stockholm and Vienna documents; what has been the annual cost of carrying out on-site inspections under the Stockholm and Vienna documents; and from which subheads of which votes these funds are taken.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe United Kingdom has received one inspection under the Stockholm and Vienna documents; to south-west district in October 1990. The United Kingdom has conducted two inspections, to Minsk in September 1990 and Moscow in September 1992. It is not possible to identify the costs associated with individual outgoing inspections, or against particular arms control agreements. Provision for the joint arms control implementation group—JACIG—which provides inspectors and escorts for all United Kingdom arms control activity, is made from vote 1, subheads A, B, C, D, E, F and L.