HC Deb 20 April 1995 vol 258 cc226-7W
Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if staff on secondment to the Defence Export Services Organisation may simultaneously work for or offer consultancy services to companies in the private sector. [19436]

Mr. Freeman

Under the conditions of service issued on secondment no officer may:

  1. (a) engage at any time in private activity which would require attendance during working hours or in any way impair his or her usefulness as public servant.
  2. (b) engage in any occupation or undertaking which might in any way conflict with the interests of the Ministry of Defence or be inconsistent with his or her position as a public servant.

It is a condition of the secondment that the secondee does not engage in any such activity, occupation or undertaking without the consent of the permanent secretary, MOD.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the level of bonuses to be paid for the financial year 1994–95 to the(a) head, (b) offset adviser and (c) international finance adviser of the Defence Export Services Organisation. [19435]

Mr. Freeman

On the position of the Head of the Defence Export Services Organisation, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 30 November 1994,Official Report, columns 777–78. The offset adviser is on secondment to MOD and any bonus is a matter for his company and not for the department. The international finance adviser is on a fixed-term appointment as a civil servant and is eligible for the normal civil service performance-related pay arrangements. It is not the practice to comment on the pay of individual officers.

Mr. Fatchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 30 November 1994 to the hon. Member for Nottingham, South (Mr. Simpson),Official Report, column 778, if he will name the current offset adviser and international finance adviser at the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will give (a) the companies from which they are seconded, (b) the duration of their contracts, (c) any bonuses to which they are entitled and (d) the number

£million
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Gross Expenditure 9.97 10.25 11.57 29.99 31.87
Receipts by DESO (22.20) (26.24) (29.20) (18.94) (19.98)
(12.23) (15.99) (17.63) 11.05 11.89

Notes:

1. The figures for 1988–89, 1989–90 and 1990–91 include Disposal receipts for the Army, RAF and Navy. These receipts were disaggregated to the appropriate areas from 1991 and no longer fall to the DESO budget.

2. Brackets indicate receipts.