§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what offset obligations have been made over the last 10 years by(a) year and (b) company; how compliance with them has been monitored; and what proportion of the obligations have been fulfilled to date. [8665]
§ Mr. SpellarOver the past ten years, 42 industrial participation agreements have been recorded as follows:
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Year Company 1987 CAE Electronics Evans and Sutherland 1988 Westinghouse Boeing Helicopters Cummins
Year Company 1989 Sperry-Marine 1990 McDonnell Douglas 1991 — E-Systems Hughes Aircraft Raytheon SAAB 1992 Westinghouse 1993 — CAE Electronics Lockheed Martin 1994 Texas Instruments Alliant Tech Systems Boeing Helicopters CAE Electronics Computing Devices (Canada) Hughes Danbury ITT Avionics Loral McDonnell Douglas (2) Parker Bertea 1995 TAAS BMW Rolls-Royce Boeing Defence and Space Group Boeing NA Inc. Bristol Aerospace ETC Lockheed Martin (2) Lockheed Martin Federal Systems Longbow Int. Rockwell Int. Sextant Avionique Smiths Ind. Aerospace 1996 Telephonics Corp. Bell Textron Eurocopter 1997 BAe-Matra Companies with industrial participation obligations are required every six months to reports detailing the work placed in the UK. A 100 per cent. audit of these reports is carried out to ensure that obligations are fully met.
To date, 11 of the agreements have been concluded successfully. Those remaining are the more recent ones and they are on course for successful completion.