§ Mrs. Jane KennedyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many licence applications for the export of defence equipment to Nigeria have been received since 11 November 1995. [18959]
§ Mr. OppenheimIt has been the policy of successive Administrations not to disclose details of applications for export licences or export licences unless the requirements of confidentiality are outweighed by the public interest. However, statistical analyses of export licences granted for military, para-military and security equipment during 1993, 1994 and 1995 have been placed in the Library of the House. The analyses include all countries of destination for which such licences were issued, including Nigeria. It is proposed that similar analyses will in future be placed in the Library of the House at six-monthly intervals.