Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 4 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department has (a) supplied to and (b) received from the United States Administration regarding that government's award of the Iraq Reconstruction Security Support Services contract to Aegis Defence Services.

Answer: Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department has (a) supplied to and (b) received from the United States Administration regarding that Government's award of the Iraq Reconstruction Security Support Services contract to Aegis Defence Services. [220987] Mr. Hoon: The contract with Aegis Defence Services Ltd. was placed by the United States Administration. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence/Pricing and Forecasting Group provided the US Administration with an audit report on the cost accounting system and the financial status of Aegis Defence Services Ltd. This was in response to a standard request from the US Administration placed under the US/UK Defense Co- Operation Memorandum of Understanding--Annex III Reciprocal Audits. Pricing and Forecasting Group have not been asked to provide further advice beyond that. The ownership of the information contained within the audit report remains the sole property of the US Administration.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1102-3W; 220987
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Disclosure of information Contracts Iraq USA Reconstruction Aegis Defence Services
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