HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc383-4W
Mr. Maples

To 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 Cook

Neither 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

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.

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