Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Friday, 12 September 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 October 2003. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 6 October 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress towards creating a Defence Diversification Agency. - Includes figures.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on progress towards creating a Defence Diversification Agency. [130381] Mr. Ingram: The Defence Diversification Agency (DDA) was created in 1999 as part of the then Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA). In July 2001 the DDA became part of the Ministry of Defence head office when QinetiQ plc and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories were created out of DERA. Over the four years it has been operating the DDA has made very good progress. It has assisted over 2,000 firms with access to MOD's knowledge bases and facilitated more than 400 contracts to transfer defence technology and know how into the civil sector. DDA has also arranged for more than 40 commercial technology offerings to be made to MOD programmes, which has resulted in some 20 contracts to date.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 130381; 410 c1157-8W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Contracts Defence Industry Procurement Technology Diversification Defence Diversification Agency
Contains statistics: Yes
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