HC Deb 04 April 1995 vol 257 cc1102-3W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 March,Official Report, column 505, if he will give a breakdown of the costs of keeping overseas staff employed by the Defence Export Services Organisation, for each post; and to what entertainment allowances these staff are entitled. [17657]

Mr. Freeman

Further to my answer of 27 March, details of the entertainment allocations for posts overseas for FY 1994–95 are as follows:

  • Riyadh: £2,000
  • Kuwait: £2,000
  • New Delhi: £2,000
  • Bangkok: £3,000
  • Kuala Lumpur: £7,000
  • Jakarta: £4,000
  • Canberra: £4,500
  • Seoul: £5,000
  • Ankara £4,000

There is no separate entertainment allocation for disposals sales staff in Germany.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 March,Official Report, column 505, if he will list the duties of overseas staff employed by the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement. [17658]

Mr. Freeman

The duties of the defence supply staff in the DESO offices in Riyadh, Kuwait, New Delhi, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Canberra, Seoul and Ankara are to provide local advice and support to British defence equipment manufacturers. The Disposals Sales Agency staff in Germany receive, market, arrange for sale and issue surplus MOD equipment locally.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officials have left the Defence Services Organisation to join defence or defence-related companies in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; and if he will list the companies involved and the numbers joining each company. [17659]

Mr. Freeman

Information is not available for the period before January 1990. Since then, 13 members of the Defence Export Services Organisation have made business appointment applications. It is not know whether the appointments were taken up.

Company Applications
1990:
VSEL 1
CDP Nexus 1
1991:
Short Brothers 1
BAe 1
Crew Services Ltd. 1
Landair Consultants 1
EEZ International Ltd. 1
Carmichael and Sweet Ltd. 1
Marconi Underwater Systems 1
Thorn EMI Electronics 1
Telecom Supply Line Ltd. 1
1992:
Sillicon Valley Systems 1
SD-Scion 1
BAe 1
Short Brothers 1
BAe Defence 1
Vosper Thornycroft 2
GEC-Marconi Avionics 1
1993:
Bendix Ocean Systems 1
Vosper Thornycroft 1
BAe 1
Ferranti International 1
Marconi Underwater Systems 1
Computer Devices 1
EDS/Scion 1
MSI Defence Systems 1
Yarrow Shipbuilders 1
NI Tech 1
1994:
GM Firth (Holdings) Plc 1
GEC-Marconi Naval Systems 1
Sultanate of Oman 2

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contact the Defence Export Services Organisation had with Mr. Stephen Adolphus Kock between 1985 to 1991 concerning defence sales to(a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Iran, (c) Iraq, (d) Kuwait, (e) the United Arab Emirates and (f) Oman. [18244]

Mr. Freeman

The DESO is not aware of any record of contact with Mr. Kock concerning exports of defence equipment to the countries listed.