§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he, his Ministers, advisers or officials last met or had contact with any director of Ordtech Ltd. [92732]
§ Mr. Robin CookNeither myself nor other FCO Ministers nor FCO Special Advisers have had any official meetings with Mr. Paul or John Grecian of Ordtech Ltd. In the time available we have not been able to make an
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Staff employed in the Chancellor's Departments and agencies Local authority area C and E IR CA VO NS Total Scotland Aberdeen 194 182 — 11 — 387 Argyll and Bute 5 31 — — — 36 Borders — 36 — — — 36 Dumbarton and Clydebank 28 23 — — — 51 Dumfries and Galloway 7 56 — 6 — 69 Dundee 139 133 — — — 272 East Renfrewshire — 40 — — — 40 Edinburgh 261 1,643 — 33 — 1,937 Falkirk 52 30 — — — 82 Fife — 131 — — — 131 Glasgow 393 619 — 24 7 1,043 Highlands 20 123 — 9 — 152 Inverclyde 127 38 — — — 165 Moray 16 15 — — — 31 North Ayrshire — 38 — — — 38 North Lanarkshire 24 1,078 — — — 1,102 Perthshire and Kinross — 28 — — — 28 Renfrewshire 130 46 — — — 176 Shetland 11 — — — — 11 South Ayrshire 54 63 — — — 117 South Lanarkshire — 1,628 — — — 1,628 Stirling — 52 — — — 52 Total staff 1,461 6,033 202 83 7 7,786 extensive check with regard to officials, but to the best of my knowledge there have not been any meetings with officials.
I understand that Mr. Grecian had access to the FCO in 1997 as he was employed by a contractor working here. While working in the FCO, he approached one of my advisers in the corridor and in the course of his work may have approached other officials.