To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long the contract of the current head of the Defence Export Services Organisation has to run; and what is his annual salary.
The present head of Defence Export Services, Sir Alan Thomas, has one year still to run of his five-year contract on secondment from Raytheon Europe Ltd. His current annual salary is £128,150 plus a performance bonus of up to an annual maximum of £30,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of staff of the Defence Export Services Organisation are seconded from industry; and what functions they perform.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 18 June 1992,Official Report, column 671.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed in each of the overseas offices of the Defence Export Services Organisation; what is the estimated annual cost of the office in each case; and how many staff are employed in the London office.
The following is a breakdown of the DESO overseas offices, the number of staff employed in each office and the 1993–94 estimated cost of each office:
| Office | Staff numbers | Estimated costs £'000 |
| Riyadh | 2 | 84 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 76 |
| New Delhi | 3 | 78 |
| Kuala Lumpar | 7 | 154 |
| Seoul | 3 | 65 |
| Jakarta | 4 | 63 |
| Bangkok | 2 | 86 |
| Ankara | 1 | 58 |
Note: 263 staff are employed in London.