HC Deb 21 May 1999 vol 331 c463W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 22 February, on the El Shifa pharmaceuticals factory in Khartoum, if he will review his decision not to release information made available to Her Majesty's Government by the United States Administration on the matter. [84763]

11994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Number of complaint cases 79 62 42 88 59
Number of complaints 180 106 96 212 108
Informally resolved 31 14 14 24 24
Substantiated 10 6 4 4 0
Unsubstantiated 89 51 51 34 9
Dispensation from investigation 31 4 0 7 12
Withdrawn 19 31 16 19 16
Open 0 0 11 124 47
11994–95 figures are for a 15 month period 1 January 1994 to 31 March 1995