§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral answer of 3 July 2000,Official Report, column 11, concerning the proportion of 337W the Army's clothing orders which go to British firms, what percentage of these orders was made up by clothing manufactured in the United Kingdom. [130441]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 13 July 2000]: The Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency (DCTA) procures clothing for all three Armed Services, with many items common to all three. To separate the cost of clothing destined specifically for the Army could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, during the financial year 1999–2000, of the 83 per cent. of clothing contracts placed by the DCTA with British-based companies, and referred to in my answer of 3 July 2000, Official Report, column 11, 48.9 per cent. by value will be manufactured in the United Kingdom.
Signed deals (up to 10 July 2000) Start date Value (£ million) Clawback Support vehicles for the RAF February 1996 35 No Support vehicles in Germany February 1996 52 No Logistics Information Systems Army March 1996 30 No Provision of storage facilities April 1996 30 No TAFMIS (Army Training Management IS) August 1996 14 No Materials Handling Services September 1996 8 No Defence Helicopter Flying School November 1996 118 No Hazardous Stores Information Systems February 1997 1 No Armymail April 1997 11 No Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service July 1997 70 No Medium Support Helicopter Training Facility October 1997 100 Yes Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency IT Systems November 1997 150 No Hawk Aircraft Simulator Training Facility December 1997 10 Yes Tidworth Garrison Water and Sewerage February 1998 6 No Joint Services Command and Staff College June 1998 68 No RAF Lossiemouth Family Quarters June 1998 24 No Attack Helicopter Training Service July 1998 165 Yes Yeovilton Family Quarters July 1998 8 No RAF Lyneham Sewage Treatment August 1998 5 No RAF Mail November 1998 12 No Fylingdales Power Supply December 1998 7 No Fire Fighting Training at NRTA December 1998 35 Yes Light Aircraft Flying Task January 1999 30 No RAF Cosford/Shawbury Family Quarters March 1999 13 Yes Tornado GR4 Training Service June 1999 65 Yes Central Scotland Family Quarters August 1999 13 No Army Foundation College February 2000 33 Yes Main Building Refurbishment May 2000 350 Yes Tri-Service Materials Handling May 2000 32 No Naval Communications June 2000 55 Yes Note:
Capital value based on the public sector option (Public Sector Comparator)
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average period of time is between the completion of a full business case and signing of the final contracts for private finance initiative contracts in his Department; and if he will make a statement. [130276]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 13 July 2000]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18 July 2000, Official Report, column 101W.