§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 20 December,Official Report, column 1167, if he will update the number of collection visits; what was the value of the items; what was the nature of the items which were the cause of the debt collection visits; and whether that expenditure was incurred in this country or the countries specified. [29555]
§ Mr. FreemanThis is a matter for the chief executive of the Defence Accounts Agency. I have therefore asked him to reply.
Letter from M. A. Rowe to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 26 June 1995:
On 15 June 1995 you asked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 15 December 1994, Official Report, Column 1167, if he will update the number of collection visits; what was the value of the items; what was the nature of the items which were the cause of the debt collection visits; and whether that expenditure was incurred in this country or the countries specified. This matter falls to me, in the absence of the Chief Executive of the Defence Accounts Agency, for reply.The only visit to add to the list provided in December is one to Belgium on 30 March 1995. As in the previous cases, this visit was to deal with the debt owed by the customer, both in Belgium and in the UK.I regret that I am unable to provide details of the amounts owed and the services provided as this is a matter of confidentiality between Her Majesty's Government and their customers.