§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many industrial facilities the OPCW has inspected since its inception; and if she will make a statement. [78111]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe OPCW has produced figures for the total number of sites it has inspected which fall under the three Schedules in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), or which are characterised as sites producing discrete organic chemicals (DOC). The figures available on the OPCW website are as follows:
Total number of sites inspected Schedule 1 34 Schedule 2 181 Schedule 3 91 Discrete organic — Chemicals (DOC) 85 Note:
Figures as of 28 October 2002
All Schedule 2 and 3 and DOC sites are industrial, while Schedule 1 sites are mainly defence-related. All the Schedule 1 sites and some of the Schedule 2 sites have been inspected by the OPCW on a number of occasions. The inspections are a routine activity whose purpose is to check that the information which the sites have declared to the OPCW is accurate, and to confirm that the activities carried out at the sites are consistent with the CWC. All OPCW inspections carried out on sites in the United Kingdom have found them to be in compliance with the CWC.