HC Deb 23 March 1998 vol 309 cc77-8W
Mr. Faber

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 9 February 1998,Official Report, column 90, on export licences, what percentage of applications for export licences were processed by the Export Control Organisation according to their stated aims in the four week period beginning 9 January. [33218]

Mrs. Roche

The Export Control Organisation's management data on the processing of licence applications are compiled on the basis of four week periods. The record nearest to that specified is 10 January to 6 February 1998 and the figures to the nearest percentage point are as follows:

percentage
Applications circulated to other Government departments according to their policy requirements and completed in 20 working days 52
Applications not circulated to other Government departments and completed in 10 working days 61

Mr. Faber

To ask the President of the Board of Trade 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 (i) 31 May 1997, (ii) 28 June 1997, (iii) 26 July 1997, (iv) 23 August 1997 and (v) 20 September 1997. [33375]

Mrs. Roche

The Export Control Organisation's management data on the processing of licence applications are compiled on the basis of four weekly periods, which include those specified. The figures to the nearest percentage point of these periods are as follows

Percentage
Applications circulated toother Governmentdepartments according totheir policy requirementsand completed in20 working days Applications notcirculated to otherGovernmentdepartments andcompleted in10 working days
31.5.1997–27.6.1997 63 82
28.6.1997–25.7.1997 45 67
26.7.1997–22.8.1997 46 53
23.8.1997–19.9.1997 45 64
20.9.1997–17.10.1997 48 71