To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the equipment formerly used by the United Kingdom armed forces which has been sold overseas since 1995 stating in each case the date sold, the type of equipment sold and the recipient country. [15016]
This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Disposal Sales Agency. I have asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Malcolm Westgate to Mr. John McDonnell, dated 14 November 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about sales of surplus Armed Forces equipments overseas, as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Disposal Sales Agency.
Attached at Annex A is a list of complete major surplus defence equipments sold to overseas Governments since the beginning of 1995, either directly or through UK companies.
Thee have also been sales of substantially incomplete equipments, associated spares and relatively minor material to overseas Governments, either directly or through UK companies, but it would require disproportionate effort to identify them all. However, I would be glad to expand on the list given at Annex A so far as I can without breaching customer confidentiality.
All the sales listed were subject to the usual stringent export control procedures required in the sale of all defence equipments overseas.
Sales of major surplus defence equipments overseas since 1995
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Type of equipment sold
| Recipient country
| Date of sale
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| Leander Frigate (ex-RN) | India | February 1995 |
| M109 Self-propelled Guns (ex-Army) | Austria | February 1996 |
| Vehicles (ex-Army) | Malta | July 1996 |
| Type 22 Frigates, Batch 1 (ex-RN) | Brazil | August 1996 |
| River Class Minesweepers (ex-RN) | Brazil | August 1996 |
| Light Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ex-Army) | Austria | March 1997 |
Sales of major surplus defence equipments overseas since 1995
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Type of equipment sold
| Recipient country
| Date of sale
|
| Wessex Helicopters (ex-RAF) | Uruguay | June1997 |
| 105 mm Light Guns (ex-Army) | Botswana | June 1997 |
| Vehicles (ex-Army) | Malta | August 1997 |
| Peacock Class Hong-Kong Patrol Craft (ex-RN) | Philippines | August1997 |
| 105 mm Light Guns (ex-Army) | Eire | September1997 |