Written question asked by Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 January 2018 (named day). It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Monday, 15 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Arms Trade: Trade Fairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of chaperoning foreign delegations in UK sponsored arms fairs; how many military escort officers chaperoned such delegations in each of the last five years; how such officers are selected; and which Department pays the cost.

Answer

There is no cost to the public purse. All additional costs are met in full by the respective commercial event organisers. Escort Officers respond to a call from their military chain of command to volunteer for the task. The number of military Escort Officers used to chaperone foreign delegations at UK sponsored defence exhibitions in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.

Exhibition	Year	Number of military Escort Officers
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)	2013	98
Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)	2014	59
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)	2015	94
Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)	2016	54
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)	2017	79

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Type: Written question
Reference: 122006
Session: 2017-19
Related items: Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
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Transferred: Yes
Subjects: Costs Arms trade Foreign nationals Trade fairs
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Arms Trade: Trade Fairs

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