Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
(asked on 22nd January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 122006 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the ranks of the Military Escort Officers who attended (a) DSEI 2017 and (b) Farnborough 2016; and what the ranks are of the Military Escort Officers who are planned to attend the Security and Policing expo in Farnborough in March 2018.
The number of countries attending, number of Military Escort Officers and their ranks are shown in the tables below for both Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 (DSEI) and Farnborough International Airshow 2016 (FIA).
The number and ranks of Military Escort Officers who will volunteer at Security and Policing 2018 is not yet known.
Farnborough International Airshow 2016 | ||
Number of Countries | Number of Military Escort Officers | Rank of Military Escort Officers |
35 | 4 | Second Lieutenant |
3 | Lieutenant | |
14 | Captain | |
24 | Major | |
1 | Colonel | |
3 | Flying Officer | |
2 | Squadron Leader | |
1 | Pilot Officer | |
5 | Flight Lieutenant | |
1 | Lieutenant Commander | |
Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 | ||
Number of Countries | Number of Military Escort Officers | Rank of Military Escort Officers |
44 | 2 | Second Lieutenant |
10 | Lieutenant | |
17 | Captain | |
27 | Major | |
1 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
2 | Flying Officer | |
1 | Commander | |
2 | Pilot Officer | |
2 | Flight Lieutenant | |
4 | Lieutenant Commander | |
8 | Lieutenant Royal Navy | |
3 | Second Lieutenant Royal Navy | |
Source: DIT DSO Inward Visits Unit
Military Escort Officers are drawn from both the Reserves and the Regular Armed Forces. One Military Escort Officer is normally assigned to chaperone each foreign delegation attending.