HC Deb 28 November 2000 vol 357 cc533-4W
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the cost to his Department of converting to the euro. [139510]

Mr. Byers

The costs to my Department would depend on the approach taken by the public sector as a whole.

Dual-Use and Related Goods (Export Control) Regulation 1996, as amended. It should be noted that many other goods are also controlled under each of the entries referred to above.

The Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated. Between 2 May 1997 and 10 November 2000, 272 applications for a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) and 45 applications for an Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) have been received covering the export to consignees or end-users in Israel of goods with the relevant ratings.