Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many states which appear on the Government’s list of Human Rights Priority Countries are (a) scheduled to attend and (b) scheduled to be represented by delegations to the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International.
Answered by Graham Stuart
No decisions have yet been taken on official invitations to international delegations to attend Defence and Security Equipment International 2019.
Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the (a) personnel and (b) transport costs to the British Army of sending 44 military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017.
Answered by Graham Stuart
There were no personnel and transport costs to the British Army of sending military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017. All associated costs were met in full by the commercial event organiser.
Asked by: Lyn Brown (Labour - West Ham)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, what estimate he has made of the number of military escort officers due to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2019.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The number of military escort officers who will be required to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in September 2019 is not yet finalised.