HC Deb 16 November 2000 vol 356 cc741-2W
Mr. Todd

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions on which defence personnel have attended, as part of their duties, promotional events for UK military equipment sales in(a) 1998–99 and (b) 1999–2000; and what the estimated costs were of such attendance in each year since 1996. [138310]

Dr. Moonie

Within the Ministry of Defence the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) is responsible for co-ordinating Government support to industry in promoting sales of UK military equipment, with other parts of MOD assisting as required.

Promotional events in the United Kingdom and overseas attended by defence personnel range from major defence equipment exhibitions and Defence Industry Days (DIDs) to demonstrations of individual items of equipment for potential customers. DIDs are held onboard HM ships when in foreign ports as part of the Fleet visit programme.

There is no central record of visits to such events or the associated attendance costs and it is therefore not possible to provide the information requested.

Major exhibitions and DIDs at which DESO has been represented in support of the UK defence industry between 1998–2000 include:

1998

  • Asian Aerospace, Singapore
  • TRIDEX, Abu Dhabi
  • FIDAE, Chile
  • DSA, Malaysia
  • Aerospace Africa, South Africa
  • Eurosatory, France
  • Farnborough International Air Show, UK
  • Defendory, Greece
  • MADEX, South Korea
  • Euronaval, France
  • Seoul Air Show, South Korea
  • DEXSA, South Africa
  • Aero India, India

DIDs

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Valparaiso, Chile
  • Gdynia, Poland
  • Baltimore, USA
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • La Guaira, Venezuela

1999

  • Australia Air Show, Australia
  • IDEX, Abu Dhabi
  • LAD, Brazil
  • IDET, Czech Republic
  • IMDEX Asia, Singapore
  • Paris Air Show, France
  • Aerospace North America, Canada
  • DSEi, UK
  • IDEF, Turkey
  • DEFEXPO, India
  • Dubai Air Show, Dubai
  • LIMA, Malaysia

DIDs

  • Durban, South Africa
  • Norfolk, USA
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Vera Cruz, Mexico
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Athens, Greece

2000

  • Pacific 2000, Australia
  • Asian Aerospace, Singapore
  • TRIDEX, Abu Dhabi
  • FIDAE, Chile
  • DSA, Malaysia
  • SOFEX, Jordan
  • Eurosatory, France
  • Farnborough International Air Show, UK
  • Africa Aerospace and Defence, South Africa
  • Defence Asia, Philippines
  • Defendory, Greece
  • Euronaval, France

DIDs

  • Alexandria, Egypt
  • Mumbai, India
  • Singapore
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Pusan, South Korea
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Istanbul, Turkey