Defence Export Services Organisation

HC Deb 25 January 1995 vol 253 cc285-6W

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the cost of running the Defence Export Services Organisation; and how many people were employed(a) in the United Kingdom and (b) overseas for each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is as follows:

Numbers employed by DESO:
1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
541	626	662	673	708
			1523	1542
			2150	2166
1 UK based.
2 Overseas.

Information relating to the breakdown between United Kingdom-based and overseas posts is not available prior to financial year 1993–94. The net cost of the organisation in 1993–94 was £16.02 million. Changes in accounting conventions make exact comparisons difficult with earlier years.