Arms Trade (Hansard, 12 March 2003)

§ Mr. Gardiner
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will establish a registration system for all UK passport holders and UK residents involved in the brokering of deals for the sale of military and security equipment. [101339]

§ Alan Johnson
The Government propose to register information on all those applying for licences, both for exports and for arms trafficking and brokering activities. This database will be used for licensing and enforcement purposes on an international basis.

§ Mr. Swire
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and industry how many people the UK arms trade employs(a) nationally and (b) in the south-west. [102341]

§ Alan Johnson
The Ministry of Defence's Defence Analytical Services Agency is responsible for the production of UK defence statistics. The latest employment data (for 2001) are published in Table 1.11 of United Kingdom Defence Statistics 2002, a copy of which is available in the Libraries of the House. Data at a regional level are not available however.
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§ Mr. Swire
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the arms trade was worth to United Kingdom public companies in terms of exports in 2002. [102344]

§ Alan Johnson
The Ministry of Defence's Defence Analytical Services Agency is responsible for the production of UK defence statistics. The latest full exports data (for 2001) are published in Table 1.12 of United Kingdom Defence Statistics 2002, a copy of which is available in the Libraries of the House.

§ Mr. Swire
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much of the South West GDP the arms trade accounted for in 2002. [102346]

§ Alan Johnson
The Ministry of Defence's Defence Analytical Services Agency is responsible for the production of UK defence statistics. The latest full data (for 2001) are published in United Kingdom Defence Statistics 2002, a copy of which is available in the Libraries of the House. Data on GDP are not, however, available at a regional level