HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 c27W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral answer of 15 January,Official Report, column 321, if he will make a statement on the police studies course under the Chevening award scheme. [12635]

Mr. Hanley

One Indonesian police officer undertook an MA in police studies at Exeter university in 1992–93. The course was funded from this Department's Chevening awards scheme-diplomatic wing.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the business likely to come to the United Kingdom referred to in paragraph 2.5 of the National Audit Office report on "Aid to Indonesia" (HC 101 of Session 1996–97). [12593]

Mr. Hanley

Paragraph 2.5 of the National Audit Office report records the view expressed by the British embassy in Jakarta in September 1985 that failure to make a good aid offer quickly could affect a number of items of business likely to come to the United Kingdom. The embassy did not specify of which items of business it had in mind.

The conclusions in the NAO report found that there was no evidence that these representations had any influence on the Administration's decision to undertake the project referred to in paragraph 2.5 of the NAO report.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 13 January,Official Report, columns 33–34, what was the value of the turnkey project near Jakarta. [12630]

Mr. Nelson

I have been asked to reply.

I understand from the company that the value is £12.25 million.