HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1324-5W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arms export licences to(a) India and (b) Pakistan her Department examined from January 2000 to June 2002; how many were (i) approved and (ii) denied in each month ; and if she will make a statement. [65435]

Nigel Griffiths

The number of Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) issued and refused in each month from January 2000 to June 2002 is as follows:

India Pakistan
SIELs issued SIELs refused SIELs issued SIELs refused
2000
January 84 1 0 0
February 57 1 0 2
March 42 8 0 1
April 14 4 0 0
May 44 9 0 0
June 122 3 1 0
July 49 12 17 30
August 72 5 0 0
September 63 0 5 0
October 64 16 29 2
November 58 8 15 4
December 30 5 21 13
2001
January — 4 — 4
February — 14 — 9
March — 5 — 3
April — 12 — 2
May — 16 — 6
June — 9 — 4
July — 3 — 0

India Pakistan
SIELs issued SIELs refused SIELs issued SIELs refused
August — 7 — 4
September — 8 — 1
October 66 5 35 0
November 50 2 17 0
December 73 4 8 3
2002
January 22 7 3 2
February 33 6 1 0
March 88 9 38 1
April 106 4 16 3
May 53 12 7 2
June 2 4 0 0

The number of Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) issued and refused, where the end users were in India and Pakistan, in each month between January 2000 and June 2002 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For information on SIELs and OIELs issued, where the end users were in India and Pakistan, between January 2001 and September 2001, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) on 15 July 2002,Official Report, columns 77–78W.

Details of all individual export licences issued and refused are published by destination in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls, copies of which are placed in the Libraries of the House.

Harry Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of UK arms exports she estimates to have been incorporated into products for annual export in each year since 1997. [72217]

Nigel Griffiths

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) on 18 March 2002,Official Report, column 54W.