§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will break down the figure of 97,842 applications for export licences, given by the President of the Board of Trade (HC Deb, 13th June 1995, col. 597), into the most convenient categories.
The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Earl Ferrers)The required information is as follows:
Arms and military equipment 11,644 Firearms 5,946 Cryptographic equipment 1,627 Computers 62,312 Nuclear materials 1,190 Nuclear facilities 133 Nuclear materials (bulk licences) 21 Industrial 4,626 Industrial (bulk licences) 122 Non-ferrous scrap 347 Ferrous scrap 167 Aluminium waste/scrap 715 Antiques (over 50 years) 3,257 Antiques (under 50 years) 3,265 EC/US steel 2,470 Total 97,842