In light of the release of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s annual report for the 2008-09 financial year, (a) how many contracting permits were (i) authorised and (ii) refused and (b) in each specified case, what (i) was the name of the importing state, (ii)(aa) category, (bb) type, (cc) quantity and (dd) value of the conventional weapons and (c) what were the reasons for which contracting permits were refused?