§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 15 November 2000,Official Report, column 686W, on Diego Garcia, if he will list the research programmes on Diego Garcia being undertaken by the US authorities for which they have sought UK approval over the last five years. [139616]
§ Mr. BattleTwo research programmes have been undertaken by the US authorities in the last five years. They were
(1) Environmental Impact Assessment of ship husbandry activities at Diego Garcia (undertaken as request of BLOT Government)206W
General Dental Service: number of denture treatment items, 1990–91 to 1999–2000 England Thousand Item 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Synthetic Resin Full upper and lower 326.6 332.9 307.4 269.3 262.7 241.5 219.8 214.4 197.9 177.9 Full upper (only) 90.9 104.5 95.5 85.0 79.3 75.4 73.7 70.7 66.8 60.7 Full lower (only) 46.8 51.5 47.3 44.1 43.6 39.3 38.5 36.1 36.3 34.0 Partial denture 378.2 402.4 398.1 374.2 365.5 354.6 353.6 348.3 347.5 337.0 Other combinations of upper and lower 144.2 155.7 149.0 133.3 130.0 118.6 117.3 114.7 114.7 111.7 Total for synthetic resin 986.8 1,047.0 997.3 905.8 881.1 829.4 803.0 784.2 763.2 721.3 (2) Cable survivability testing: to determine the susceptibility and depth variability of underwater cables to the bite threat from reef fish.
UK approval was sought for both.