§ Mr. FaberTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 10 December 1997,Official Report, column 596, what percentage of applications for export licences were processed by the Export Control Organisation according to their stated aims in the four week periods beginning (a) 15 November 1997 and (b) 13 December 1997. [26977]
§ Mrs. Roche[holding answer 2 February 1998]: Further to my answer of 10 December 1997, the figures to the nearest percentage point for the two periods are as follows:
4 week periods beginning 15 November 1997 13 December 1997 Applications circulated to other Government departments according to their policy requirements and completed in 20 working days 44 41 Applications not circulated to other Government departments and completed in 10 working days 73 73