§ Mrs. MayTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many export licence applications are outstanding; and how many have been outstanding for(a) one month, (b) three months and (c) more than three months. [24117]
§ Mrs. RocheAt 24 December 1997, a decision had not yet been taken on 1,674 applications for new individual export licences received since 2 May 1997. These are broken down as follows:
Applicants received between 2 May 1997 and 24 September 1997 Applicants received between 25 September 1997 and 24 November 1997 Applicants received between 25 November 1997 and 24 December 1997 Standard individual export licenses 457 442 599 Open individual export licenses 93 58 25 However, this information should be considered in light of my answer of 30 October 1997 to my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint), Official Report, columns 256–58.