§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library details of the licensing of military contracts to Jakarta in the last five years. [68843]
§ Dr. HowellsThe entry in the relevant legislation under which the export of goods is controlled is known as their rating. The Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated and the following results were obtained. Between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 203W 1998, 301 Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the export to consignees or end-users in Indonesia of goods subject to export control by being listed in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994, the so-called Military List. Individual licences may cover a range of goods with various ratings. Where this is so, the licence is included in the Table in the total for all of the relevant ratings.
SIELs issued in each calendar year covering the export to Indonesia of goods on the Military List Number of SIELs issued in each year covering goods with this rating Rating 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 ML1 4 4 1 0 2 ML2 5 2 3 3 2 ML3 3 3 1 0 1 ML4 3 1 0 2 1 ML5 6 4 1 3 1 ML6 4 13 9 4 1 ML7 1 0 2 1 0 ML8 2 0 0 0 0 ML9 4 0 1 0 1 ML10 10 8 27 17 16 ML11 22 13 15 19 9 ML13 1 1 6 4 2 ML14 4 4 3 2 2 ML15 2 6 4 1 2 ML16 0 0 0 0 0 ML17 0 0 0 0 0 ML18 0 0 1 0 0 ML21 0 0 0 0 2 ML22 0 0 0 0 1 ML24 0 1 3 1 0 PL5001 0 0 0 0 0 PL5002 0 1 0 0 0 PL5006 1 2 2 0 2 PL5017 0 0 1 0 2 PL5024 0 0 0 0 0 PL5027 2 3 0 0 0 Total number of such licences 68 60 77 55 41 This information should be considered in light of the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Mrs. Roche) to my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on 30 October 1997, Official Report, columns 870–71.
As regards Open Individual Export Licences, I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible and place a copy of that letter in the Library of the House.
In addition, goods on the Military List may have been exported to Indonesia under certain Open General Export Licences; copies of all Open General Export Licences valid at any time during the period are in the Library of the House.