§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long the contract of the current head of the Defence Export Services Organisation has to run; and what is his annual salary.
§ Mr. AitkenThe present head of Defence Export Services, Sir Alan Thomas, has one year still to run of his five-year contract on secondment from Raytheon Europe Ltd. His current annual salary is £128,150 plus a performance bonus of up to an annual maximum of £30,000.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of staff of the Defence Export Services Organisation are seconded from industry; and what functions they perform.
§ Mr. AitkenI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 18 June 1992,Official Report, column 671.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed in each of the overseas offices758W of the Defence Export Services Organisation; what is the estimated annual cost of the office in each case; and how many staff are employed in the London office.
§ Mr. AitkenThe following is a breakdown of the DESO overseas offices, the number of staff employed in each office and the 1993–94 estimated cost of each office:
Office Staff numbers Estimated costs £'000 Riyadh 2 84 Kuwait 1 76 New Delhi 3 78 Kuala Lumpar 7 154 Seoul 3 65 Jakarta 4 63 Bangkok 2 86 Ankara 1 58 Note: 263 staff are employed in London.