§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what payments his Department has received in the last five years from British Aerospace for services 313W provided to British Aerospace; and what services were provided. [7603]
§ Mr. Arbuthnot[holding answer 9 January 1996]: This is a matter for the chief executive of the agency concerned. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from M. A. Rowe to Mrs. Ann Clwyd, dated 11 January 1996:
You asked the Secretary of State for Defence what payments his Department has received in the last five years from British Aerospace for services provided to British Aerospace, and what services were provided. As Chief Executive of the Defence Bills Agency I have been asked to reply.The value of payments received from a customer is commercially sensitive information and therefore cannot be divulged.Our payment records for British Aerospace, or indeed any customer, detail invoice number and value. In order to ascertain the type of supply or service covered each invoice would need to be retrieved and examined. Due to the level of business we have with British Aerospace this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, examples, of the goods and services covered by the invoices are the provision of training, sale and loan of equipment, and levies due in respect of commercial sales.I am sorry I cannot be more helpful.