§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of his Department's Defence Sales Organisation visited Chile in each year since 1990. [64022]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers of the British armed forces of one star status or above visited Chile in each year since 1990. [64013]
§ Mr. George RobertsonThe information requested is not held centrally and complete records are not available. 449W The information that we have, however, shows the following visits by officers of One Star status or above to Chile:
Year Number of visits 1990 1 1991 1 1992 5 1993 4 1994 3 1995 6 1996 2 1997 3 1998 4 In addition we are aware that students of the Royal College of Defence Studies, which is attended by some officers of one star status and above, visited Chile in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and in 1998. We do not, however, have details of the number of officers concerned.
§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which chiefs of staff of the British armed forces visited Chile from 1990 to date indicating the dates of the visit in each case. [64014]
§ Mr. George RobertsonThe information requested is not held centrally and complete records are not available. The information that we hold, however, shows the following visits to Chile:
Date Visit 1990 Chief of the Naval Staff March 1994 Chief of the Air Staff March 1995 Chief of the Naval Staff March 1996 Vice Chief of the Defence Staff June 1998 Chief of the Naval Staff October 1998 Chief of the Air Staff
§ Mr. WilkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many vessels of the Royal Navy, including ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, visited Chilean ports and naval bases during each calendar year since 1990. [64015]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 December 1998,Official Report, column 331, to the hon. Member for Worthing, East and Shoreham (Mr. Loughton). The following visits were also made by the Royal Navy from 1990 to 1993:
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Royal Navy vessels Dates 1990 HMS Otter 9 June-14 June 1991 HMS Alacrity 29 August-2 September HMS Endurance (Old) 11 April-16 April HMS Cumberland 25 February-4 March 1992 HMS Ambuscade 9 October-12 October HMS Campbeltown 29 July-3 August HMS Endurance 1 April-6 April
Royal Navy vessels Dates 1993 HMS Newcastle 18 November-22 November HMS Endurance 8 April-13 April HMS Endurance 18 February-22 February Note:
Records of RFA deployments for the period prior to December 1993 are not sufficiently detailed to show individual visits