International Development written question – answered at on 17 June 2008.
Liam Fox
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development
(1) what private contractors provided protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007;
(2) how much his Department spent on private contractors providing protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007.
Douglas Alexander
The Secretary of State for International Development
The Department for International Development (DFID) engages private contractors to provide protection services for our staff in high-threat environments.
In 2007-08, Control Risks Group (CRG) and Kroll provided mobile security for DFID staff, consultants and static guarding for our compounds in Iraq. Such contracts have been managed and administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and the total cost incurred by DFID was £5.9 million.
In 2007-08, the private contractor ArmorGroup provided protection services for DFID in Afghanistan. The contract is managed and administered by the FCO and the total cost incurred by DFID was £2.03 million.
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