Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Minutes of Evidence


Supplementary memorandum from Dr Denis MacShane, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  I write following our recent correspondence on the Private Military Companies Green Paper. I promised to forward more examples of contracts which the FCO has for security guards and security management services for Posts. A selection of these is enclosed for Africa and South America.

  I also enclose a note of the Birmingham seminar held on 24 June which revealed a wide range of views including: a ban on direct participation in hostilities abroad by individuals and companies; combined licensing of companies, their scope of operation and individual contracts entered into; company registration and self-regulation. The problem of defining actors and activities was a recurring theme.

  As you know, the Green Paper consultation period runs until 12 August. My officials will be evaluating responses received and putting forward an analysis and proposals to me in the autumn.

  I look forward to receiving your Committee's report, which I understand may be published by the end of the month.

Dr Denis MacShane

18 July 2002

FURTHER EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES CONTRACTED BY FCO POSTS

Post
Company name
Cost per annum (£)
Caracas
Guardipro
18,000
  
Wackenhut
25,000
Lima
Furza SA
13,200
Guatemala City
Wackenhut Guatemala SA
44,400
Abidjan
SPS
49,563
Abuja
Prudential Guards
275,000
Kaduna
  
15,000
Bamako
AMM
9,540
Cape Town CG
ADT Security Guarding (Pty) Ltd/Secureco (pty) Ltd
13,700/29,509
Harare
Securitas/Timesecurity
56,517
Kampala
Armour Group/APS Guards
188,952
Lagos (and Ibadan, Port Harcourt)
DSL (part of Armourgroup)
677,932
Luanda
Copeba
113,705
Maseru
Security Unlimited
31,000
Nairobi
Securicor Guarding
185,000
Port Louis
Securicor
30,285
Victoria
Pilgrim's Security
35,000
Yaounde
Wackenhut
5,080




 
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