Written question asked by Patrick Mercer (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Davies of Stamford (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Disposal Services Agency

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what contractors have been approved by the Disposal Services Authority to sell surplus British defence equipment;

Answer: The list of DSA's current contractors that sell surplus MOD equipment is provided as follows.UK contracts"AgustaWestland""Azcom Business Solutions Ltd.""BAe Insyte""Bonhams 1793 Ltd.""Babcock Support Services Ltd.""Cronifer UK Ltd. (now expired, active during 2008-09)""Donelan Trading Ltd. (now expired, active 2008-09)""Field Textiles Ltd.""J. Graham""L. W. Vass Ltd.""Leafield Logistics and Technical Services Ltd.""Liquidity Services Ltd.""MBDA""Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd.""Office Green Ltd.""OSS Group Ltd.""Ramco (UK) Ltd.""Silver Lining Industries Ltd.""Sims Recycling Solutions (UK) Ltd.""Thales Air Defence""Thales (Navy)""Vector Aerospace""Veolia Environmental Service (UK) plc""Witham (Specialist Vehicles) Ltd."Overseas contracts"Field Textiles (generated overseas)""L. Jackson and Company Ltd. (currently under review by DSA)""Vebeg GMBH""Witham (generated overseas)"DSA's sales range from large capital items such as ships to individual items such as computers. Details of the disposal of all individual surplus items could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The DSA gross total receipts for FY 2008-09 were £89 million.Approval for each sale is given at the appropriate level commensurate with the value of the asset, in accordance with the MOD approvals process.

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