§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licence renewals have been held up for(a) India and (b) Pakistan in the last two months. [63346]
§ Nigel GriffithsStandard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) generally allow shipments of specified items, to a specified consignee, up to the quantity specified in the licence, within a specified period. The Export Control Organisation does not renew SIELs.
Applications for renewal of Open Individual Export Licences are being processed as quickly as possible consistent with the Government's determination to manage the transfer of all goods and technology controlled for strategic reasons in a responsible manner.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what licences have been granted for equipment on the military and dual-use lists to(a) Georgia, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Kyrgyzstan, (d) Tajikistan, (e) Turkey, (f) the Philippines, (g) Kenya, (h) Ethiopia, (i) Djibouti, (j) Bahrain, (k) Oman, (l) Jordan, (m) Yemen, (n) India, (o) Pakistan and (p) Israel in each month from January 2001 to September 2001, including military list and dual-use ratings; and if she will make a statement. [65096]
§ Nigel Griffiths[holding answer 8 July 2002]The number of Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) covering items on the military and dual use lists, issued where the end users are in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, the Philippines, Kenya, Ethiopia,
436WBahrain, Oman, Jordan, Yemen, India, Pakistan and Israel in each month from January 2001 to September 2001, is set out in the tables which are placed in the Libraries of the House. During that same period no SIELs or OIELs were issued where the end user was in Djibouti.
Individual licences might cover a range of items with various ratings. Where this is so, the licence is included in the tables in the total for all relevant ratings.
Pursuant to my answer to the right hon. and learned Member of 11 June 2002, Official Report, column 1156W, I regret that one OIEL covering the ratings 5A002 & 5B002 issued in September 2001, where the end user was Uzbekistan, was inadvertently excluded from the table in that answer.
The summary descriptions of the items covered by these ratings are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. The 2001 Annual Report will be published soon.
In addition some of the countries are permitted destinations on certain Open General Export Licences, copies of which are also placed in the Libraries of the House.
All relevant export licence applications are considered very carefully on a case-by-case basis against the consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time.
§ Gregory BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations her Department has received concerning the acquisition by India of Hawk aircrew training simulators. [65445]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe Department of Trade and Industry's Export Control Organisation has received various representations regarding the export of arms and other items controlled for strategic reasons to India from a number of different sources, including Members of Parliament, exporters and the general public.
It is not possible to establish the extent of representations received concerning the acquisition by India of Hawk aircrew training simulators as the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list those countries which have during the last 12 months imported defence equipment from another country which incorporates equipment exported from the UK to that other country following the granting of an export licence by her Department. [69111]
§ Nigel Griffiths[holding answer 11 July 2002]End use monitoring is undertaken by the FCO, not the DTI.
§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what system is in place to ensure that priority is given to applications for export licences in respect of goods which are urgently required by customers and where delay in making a decision will result in the cancellation of the order. [68050]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe Government process all export licence applications as quickly as possible consistent with our determination to manage the transfer of all goods and technology controlled for strategic reasons in a responsible
437Wmanner. All relevant export licence applications are rigorously assessed on a case by case basis against the consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time and taking into account of other relevant factors. At the same time, every effort is made to be helpful and responsive to exporters who inform the DTI that they are under time pressure.