§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Clinton-Davis on 22 April (WA 220), what goods were exported to Turkey, in each year from 1993 to 1998, under Standard Individual Export Licences ML11 and PL5018 and under Open Individual Export Licence ML5. [HL2100]
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Clinton-Davis)Pursuant to my Answers on 7 April and 7 May, I wrote to the noble Lord on 19 May and placed a copy of my letter in the Library of the House. In that letter I gave the following reply:
"The Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated and the following results were obtained. Between 1 January 1993 and 6 March 1998, 884 Standard Individual Export Licences were issued to export to endusers or consignees in Turkey goods subject to export control by being listed in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order (the so-called "Military List"). Between 1 January 1994 and 6 March 1998, 93 Open Individual Export Licences were issued for such exports. The entry in the relevant legislation under which the export of goods is controlled is known as their rating. Individual licences may cover a range of goods with various ratings. Where this is so, the licence is included in the Table in the total for all of the relevant ratings.
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Standard Individual Export Licences Rating 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 (to 6 March) ML1 24 12 127 47 37 0 ML2 3 0 1 1 9 0 ML3 4 6 4 3 6 1 ML4 15 16 13 11 10 2 ML5 1 1 3 5 9 1 ML6 10 6 8 4 5 2 ML7 0 1 2 2 1 0 ML8 2 0 1 1 1 0 ML9 5 14 3 9 9 0 ML10 17 19 5 8 9 2 ML11 42 37 28 22 38 12 ML13 6 1 1 4 0 0 ML14 1 0 2 0 2 0 ML15 3 3 2 2 1 0 ML16 3 3 0 0 3 1 ML17 0 0 0 0 2 1 ML18 1 3 0 0 1 0 ML21 0 0 0 0 2 0 ML22 0 0 0 0 1 0
Standard Individual Export Licences Rating 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 (to 6 March) ML24 2 1 0 1 0 0 PL5001 0 0 0 0 0 0 PL5002 0 0 1 0 1 0 PL5006 0 0 1 0 0 0 PL5017 0 1 1 1 0 0 PL5018 41 45 34 15 2 0 PL5020 0 0 0 0 1 0 PL5021 1 6 3 12 0 0 PL5027 0 1 0 0 0 0 98WA
Open Individual Export Licences Rating 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 (to 6 March) ML3 0 0 1 0 0 ML4 2 0 5 0 0 ML5 2 2 4 1 0 ML6 0 0 3 0 0 ML7 1 1 0 0 1 ML8 2 0 0 0 1 ML9 2 2 3 3 0 ML10 7 3 10 0 1 ML11 6 11 8 5 1 ML13 2 1 5 0 0 ML14 0 1 4 0 0 ML15 2 0 1 1 0 ML16 1 0 1 0 0 ML17 0 0 2 0 0 ML18 1 1 1 0 0 ML21 2 0 0 0 0 ML22 1 0 2 0 0
Open Individual Export Licences Rating 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 (to 6 March) ML24 1 0 2 0 0 PL5001 1 0 1 0 0 PL5002 0 0 1 0 0 PL5017 1 1 2 0 0 PL5021 0 0 1 0 0 PL5027 1 0 1 0 0 PL5028 0 0 1 0 0 "These figures exclude Media OIELs, which are Open Individual Export Licences authorising the export to any destination of protective clothing, mainly for the protection of aid agency workers and journalists when working in areas of conflict.
"This information should be considered in light of my answer to a question from the Noble Lord, Lord Gallacher, on 30 October 1997, Official Report, columns 256–258.
"In addition, goods on the Military List may also have been exported to Turkey during the period concerned under various Open General Export Licences. Copies of all such licences are in the Library of the House."
ML11, PL5018 and ML5 do not refer to particular licences. They are entries in the relevant legislation under which the export of specific types of goods is controlled. Copies of all these statutory instruments are available in the Library of the House.
While the Export Control Organisation maintains records of export licence applications, it does not compile records of actual exports.