Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what licences have been granted for the export of arms and military equipment to Sri Lanka in each year since 1997. [152481]
§ Dr. HowellsI have been asked to reply
Details of all export licensing decisions taken between 2 May 1997 and 31 December 1999 were set out in the Government's 1997, 1998 and 1999 Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls, published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; copies are in the Library of the House. These reports list by country of destination the export licences issued and refused in each entry in the relevant legislation under which the export of goods is controlled, which is known as their rating.
416WBetween 1 January 2000 and 1 March 2001 40 Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and five Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) were issued covering goods on the Military List. Details of these are set out in the tables:
Standard Individual Export Licences issued between 1 January 2000 and 1 March 2001 for Sri Lanka Rating Number of SIELs ML1 6 ML2 3 ML3 8 ML4 3 ML5 2 ML6 2 ML9 2 ML10 2 ML11 8 NL14 1 ML15 4 ML21 1 ML22 4 PL5017 10 P5031 1
Open Individual Export Licences issued between 1 January 2000 and 1 March 2001 for Sri Lanka Rating Number of OIELs ML5 2 ML10 1 ML11 1 ML13 2 ML17 1 MLPL5001 1 Note:
Each licence may cover a range of ratings, and where this is so, data on them are included under each of the relevant ratings.