§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wallsend(Mr. Byers) of 25 January,Official Report, columns 285–86, if he will list the location of overseas staff employed by the Defence Export Services Organisation; if he will list the number employed in each country; what is the total annual cost of keeping staff overseas; and if he will make a statement. [15786]
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is as follows:
Location Staff numbers Estimated cost 1994–95 £'000 Riyadh 2 138 Kuwait 3 102 New Delhi 6 86 Kuala Lumpur 5 197 Seoul 3 110 Canberra 2 88 Jakarta 3 167 Bangkok 3 101 Ankara 2 78 In addition, there are 54 Disposal Sales Agency staff based in Germany, whose costs are not separately identified from UK-based DSA staff, and 83 project management staff whose costs are paid by the overseas customer on whose behalf the project management work is undertaken.