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Armoured Vehicle Exports
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if she will list (a) the export licences granted since 1988 to (i) GKN and (ii) GKN Defence or Glover Webb for the export of Saxon vehicles and (a) their destination; [3385]
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Mrs. Roche:
To search export licences issued for these companies for Saxon vehicles would entail disproportionate cost.
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the export licences granted since 1988 to (a) GKN, (b) GKN Defence and (c) Glover Webb for the export of (i) armoured vehicles, (ii) armoured personnel carriers and (iii) internal security vehicles to Nigeria since 1988. [3638]
Mrs. Roche:
From readily available records--since 1991--no export licences have been issued to the companies in question for such equipment for Nigeria. Information for the earlier period could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the export licences granted to (a) Procurement Services International and (b) Greys Defence Systems for the export of Tactica and Hornet vehicles to (i) Brunei, (ii) Malaysia and (iii) Turkey. [3695]
Mrs. Roche:
Readily available records show that Procurement Services International was granted two temporary export licences for Tactica vehicles to Turkey. One was in May 1995 and the goods were returned to the UK approximately three months later. The other was in October 1996 and as yet has not been used. A temporary licence was also granted for Hornet vehicles to Malaysia in November 1996. There is no record of licences having been granted to PSI in respect of exports to Brunei. Nor is there any record of export licences having been granted to Greys Defence Systems for the export of Tactica or Hornet vehicles.
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many licences have been granted to the Nitor group of companies for the export of (a) training systems and (b) close quarter battle facilities in each of the last five years; which countries the licences related to; and how many of the training facilities were for (a) military forces, (b) security police, (c) paramilitary forces and (d) special forces units. [2802]
Mrs. Barbara Roche:
Two licences have been issued to the Nitor group for training systems, both in 1992. One was for targets for shooting practice to the Singapore Ministry of Defence, and the other for firing range targetry equipment to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defence and Aviation. No export licences are recorded as having been granted to this company for close quarter battle facilities training systems.
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the (a) number and (b) categories of export licences granted to Manroy Engineering Ltd., for the export of the Manroy L80 Manpack CS mist backpack sprayer; and if she will indicate the destination (i) countries and (ii) agencies for this equipment. [3697]
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Mrs. Roche:
Readily available records--since 1991--show no licences issued for this equipment. The company has informed my officials that this equipment did not go into production.
Ann Clwyd:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the number and details of export licences granted for military training equipment within category ML14, to the Johore jungle warfare school, Malaysia, and the types of equipment covered by the licence. [18310]
Mrs. Roche:
From readily available records--dating from 1991--there is no record of any export licence being issued for equipment rated under heading ML14 for Malaysia showing the Johore jungle warfare school as the end user.
It is possible that goods covered by the question may have been supplied as part of a larger order, but not specifically recorded as ML14 in the licensing database. A search of paper records to identify any of these would entail disproportionate cost.
Mr. Letwin:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe dispensed with the car and driver provided to him by BP. [8750]
Mrs. Beckett:
Wednesday 7 May 1997.
Mr. Fallon:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 10 July, Official Report, column 601, on the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe, if she will list those energy issues which she defines as not bearing on British Petroleum. [9016]
Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 17 July 1997]: In order to ensure compliance with "Questions of Procedure for Ministers", the Minister does not see papers, or take part in discussions or decisions, that could rise to a conflict of interest with his past or his present private interests in BP. As QPM also makes clear, these are ultimately matters for his judgment.
Mr. Redwood:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will define those (a) papers the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe cannot see and (b) matters he cannot decide which (i) have a bearing on and (ii) affect BP. [9327]
Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 18 July 1997]: In order to ensure compliance with "Questions of Procedure for Ministers", the Minister does not see papers, or take part in discussions or decisions, which could rise to a conflict of interest with his past or his present private interests in BP. As QPM also makes clear, these are ultimately matters for his judgment.
Mr. Redwood:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the meetings the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe has held since 7 May with (a) executives and (b) directors of BP. [9112]
Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 17 July 1997]: Since 7 May, the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe has had no formal meetings with executives of BP. He has had three meetings with directors of BP to
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deal with matters relating to the handover of his duties. He has also attended three farewell social engagements hosted by BP.
Mr. Redwood:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when the Minister of Trade and Competitiveness in Europe last visited a BP office or installation since becoming a Minister. [9113]
Mrs. Beckett
[holding answer 17 July 1997]: The Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe has visited no BP installation since his appointment on 7 May 1997. He visited BP's offices at Finsbury circus on Friday 9 May to clear his desk and again on Wednesday 4 June for his farewell reception.
Mr. Vaz:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many and what percentage of employees, in each pay band, in the quangos for which her Department is responsible, are of (a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin. [9581]
Mr. Nigel Griffiths:
My Department is responsible for 22 executive non-departmental public bodies, 25 advisory bodies and seven tribunals, considering the 28 industrial tribunals as one body. I regret that the information requested by my hon. Friend is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Vaz:
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many civil servants there are in total on each pay band in her Department. [9582]
Mr. Griffiths:
There are 3,950 civil servants in the DTI, excluding agency and Government office staff, with the following numbers by grade:
(2) which export licences granted since 1988 to (a) GKN, (b) GKN Defence and (c) Glover Webb for the export of Saxon vehicles covered associated equipment to provide electrified deterrents. [3637]
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Some grades have separate London and national pay scales.
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