§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those countries to which the sale of military aircraft has been stopped in each of the last five years, indicating the reasons for the decision in each case. [84524]
§ Mr. SpellarOn 25 March 1999,Official Report, column 343, my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that the 207W Government had published its first Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls. The Report contains, by rating, details of all licences refused or revoked by the Government between 2 May and 31 December 1997, and none of these covered military aircraft. A report covering 1998 will be issued in due course.
It would not be possible to provide validated data for previous years without significant inter-departmental effort and incurring disproportionate cost.