§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what volume of arms and of what type was sold from the United Kingdom to(a) Nigeria, (b) Indonesia and (c) Turkey in each of the past five years. [9565]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Trade on 19 December 1995,Official Report, columns 1081–82. Beyond this, it remains Government policy not to reveal details of exports of defence equipment to particular countries. However, some additional information can be found in the annual UK return to the "UN Register of Conventional Arms", and in table 1.11 of the "UK Defence Statistics". Both documents have been placed in the Library of the House.