Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 18 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 June 2004. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 June 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Defence Export Services Organisation's income related to (a) fees charged to defence companies and (b) sales of surplus equipment in the last three years. - Inc figures.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the Defence Export Services Organisation's income related to (a) fees charged to defence companies and (b) sales of surplus equipment in the last three years. [180140] Mr. Ingram: The income of the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) that relates to fees charged to defence companies was less than 5 per cent. in each of the last three years. Within DESO, the Disposal Services Agency (DSA) has sole responsibility for the disposal by sale of all surplus MOD equipment. The bulk of the receipts from the sale of surplus equipment are paid to the Defence Logistics Organisation. A proportion is retained to fund the running costs of the DSA and this has been around 10 per cent. of DESO income over the last three years.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 180140; 423 c176W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Fees and charges Income Sales Defence Export Services Organisation
Contains statistics: Yes
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