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Defence Assistance Fund
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial support has been given to defence sales through the Defence Assistance Fund over the last three years. [180143]
Mr. Ingram: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock) on 14 June 2004, Official Report, columns 637–38W.
Defence Bodies
Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the average number of full-time equivalent (a) industrial and (b) non-industrial civilians employed in the (i) 1 Group, (ii) 2 Group, (iii) 3 Group, and (iv) Deputy Commander-in-Chief management group was in financial years (A) 2000–01 and (B) 2001–02; [176173]
(2) what the average number of full-time equivalent (a) industrial and (b) non-industrial civilians employed in the (i) 1 (UK) Armoured Division, (ii) 2nd Division, (iii) 3rd Division, (iv) 4th Division, (v) 5th Division, (vi) Command HQ, (vii) Scotland, (viii) Capital Works and (ix) UK Support Command (Germany) management group was in financial year 1999–2000. [176185]
Mr. Caplin:
The available information on numbers of military and civilian personnel analysed by budgetary grouping and by Defence Agency is contained in tables 2.2, 2.3 and 2.7 of United Kingdom Defence
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Statistics 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Further details could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Defence Export Services Organisation
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the Defence Export Services Organisation's income related to (a) fees charged to defence companies and (b) sales of surplus equipment in the last three years. [180140]
Mr. Ingram: The income of the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) that relates to fees charged to defence companies was less than 5 per cent. in each of the last three years.
Within DESO, the Disposal Services Agency (DSA) has sole responsibility for the disposal by sale of all surplus MOD equipment. The bulk of the receipts from the sale of surplus equipment are paid to the Defence Logistics Organisation. A proportion is retained to fund the running costs of the DSA and this has been around 10 per cent. of DESO income over the last three years.
Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the budget for the Defence Export Services Organisation is for the financial years (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06. [180141]
Mr. Ingram: Provision of £14.426 million has been made for the net operating costs of the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) for the current financial year.
The DESO budget for the financial year 2005–06 has not yet been finalised, and I am withholding a projection of these costs under exemption 2c of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
The costs of DESO are more than offset by benefits to the Defence budget arising from defence exports. Savings to the defence budget come from spreading the fixed overhead costs of equipment over the longer production runs generated by exports, from the sale of surplus military equipment to overseas Governments, and from Commercial Exploitation Levy on exports of equipment developed using public money.
Departmental Property Overseas
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of his Department's houses overseas are empty; [180693]
(2) how many houses in barracks overseas have been renovated in the last five years; how many will be improved next year; and on which overseas camps they are located. [180694]
Mr. Caplin: The information required is taking time to collate. When it is available, I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
Falkland Islands
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what talks have taken place with the Falkland Islands Government on the 25th anniversary of the war. [180698]
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Mr. Caplin: We expect to discuss this important anniversary with the Falkland Islands Government in due course. I also refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him on 19 May 2004, Official Report, column 1072W.
Military Vehicles
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many drivers of military vehicles, by type, have been (a) killed and (b) injured (i) off-road and (ii) on the public highway in each of the past five years. [179478]
Mr. Caplin: In the period 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2003, there were 11 deaths involving drivers of military vehicles. Of these nine died on the public highway and two died off-road. In the period 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2003, there were 2,987 injuries involving drivers of military vehicles. Of these 2,746 were injured on the public highway and 241 were injured off-road.
A breakdown of these deaths and injuries by vehicle type and year is given at tables A and B.
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| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Type | Public road | Off road | Public road | Off road | Public road | Off road |
| Totals | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Car saloons | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Truck utility | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Motorcycle | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Vans | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 tonne | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public road | Off road | Public road | Off road | Total | |
| Totals | 2 | — | 1 | — | 11 |
| Car saloons | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Truck utility | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Motorcycle | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Vans | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 4 tonne | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public road | Off road | Public road | Off road | Public road | Off road | |
| Total | 345 | 34 | 364 | 50 | 645 | 56 |
| Car saloons | 127 | 2 | 114 | 9 | 251 | 10 |
| Truck utility | 115 | 11 | 122 | 7 | 162 | 27 |
| 4 tonne | 29 | — | 18 | 13 | 71 | 4 |
| Mini buses | 16 | — | 20 | 3 | 45 | — |
| Vans | 13 | — | 16 | — | 33 | 1 |
| Motorcycle | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Tracked A vehicle | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Medium mobility load carrier | 6 | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | — |
| Other cargo vehicles | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 11 | — |
| Pinzgauer | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Wheeled A vehicle | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| 8 tonne | 4 | — | 2 | — | 7 | — |
| Ambulances | — | — | 1 | — | 12 | 4 |
| Plant vehicles | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Fuel vehicle | — | — | 6 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Recovery vehicle | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Motor coaches | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| 14 tonne | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | |
| Articulated vehicle | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Fire Fighting vehicle | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Special vehicle | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tank transporter | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Misc. engineer vehicles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Truck utility heavy | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
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