HC Deb 27 March 1995 vol 257 c443W
Mr. Gale

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much Overseas Development Administration funding has been applied through the Swiss firm SGS Silviconsult. [16197]

Mr. Goodlad

Contracts to the value of £666,789 have been awarded to SGS Silviconsult Ltd of Mill Street, Oxford, a UK-registered company owned by the SGS Group.

Mr. Gale

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will itemise the manner in which Overseas Development Administration funding applied through SGS Silviconsult has been spent; and if he will make a statement. [16198]

Mr. Goodlad

To date, the ODA has paid a total of £252,646 to SGS Silviconsult Ltd. on the following contracts:

  • Forestry Revenue Collection Study—Tanzania—March—June 1991–£43,689.
  • Cpatu Rainforest Silviculture Research Project—Brazil—October 1993 to date (5 year contract)—£190,945.
  • Forestry Economics—Nigeria—March—April 1994—£18,012
  • The total value of these contracts is £666,789.

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