§ Ann ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for licences for the export of(a) paramilitary, (b) security and (c) police equipment to Indonesia have been (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) revoked since 20 March; and what was the export licence category in each case. [42626]
§ Mrs. Roche[holding answer 19 May 1998]: The Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated and the results are as follows. Between 7 March and 10 May 1998 inclusive, 8 Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and 7 Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) were issued to export to endusers or consignees in Indonesia goods subject to export control by being listed in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order (the so-called "Military List"). In the same period no individual licences for such exports were revoked, and no applications for such licences were refused. This does not include Media OIELs, which are Open Individual Export Licences authorising the export to any destination of protective clothing, mainly for the protection of aid agency workers and journalists when working in areas of conflict.
Individual licences issued between 7 March and 10 May 1998 covering the export to Indonesia of goods on the Military List Rating Number of SIELs issued covering goods with this rating Number of OIELs issued covering goods with this rating ML2 2 0 ML3 1 0 ML6 1 0 ML9 0 1 ML10 0 3 ML11 1 3 ML15 1 0 PL5006 2 0 This information should be considered in light of my answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on 30 October 1997, Official Report, columns 870–71.
As I said in my answer to my hon. Friend of 8 April 1998, Official Report, columns 345–47, it is not possible to break down these data in the manner requested as the equipment covered by many entries in the Military List could be used by military, paramilitary or police end-users.