HC Deb 22 February 2000 vol 344 c880W
Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed at the Defence Export Sales Organisation's branch office in Jakarta; and if the office closed during the period of the EU arms embargo on Indonesia. [109853]

Dr. Moonie

The Defence Export Services Organisation currently employs one UK-based civil servant in the British Embassy in Jakarta as the First Secretary (Defence Supply). There is also one locally engaged driver. The First Secretary post was filled during the period of the EU embargo, but had no role in the support of marketing and sales by British defence companies in Indonesia during that period.