Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 18 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's spending was in each of the last two years with the shipping lines (a) P & O, (b) Nippin Yusen Kaisha, (c) Mitsui Osaka Shosen Kaisha, (d) Orient Overseas Container Line and (e) Mediterranean Shipping Corporation.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's spending was in each of the last two years with the shipping lines (a) P&O, (b) Nippin Yusen Kaisha, (c) Mitsui Osaka Shosen Kaisha, (d) Orient Overseas Container Line and (e) Mediterranean Shipping Corporation. [217316] Hilary Benn: DFID has not made any direct payment to the shipping lines cited. All of DFID's shipping needs are met by specialised freight handling companies who we pay directly. We do not require these companies to maintain a central report of payments made to individual shipping lines and this information could be obtained only by incurring a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1206W; 217316
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Contracts Department for International Development Expenditure Government departments Freight Shipping P&O Mitsui OSK Lines Mediterranean Shipping Company NYK Line Orient Overseas Container Line
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