§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many defence export licences were revoked in(a) 2000, (b) 2001 and (c) 2002. [134599]
§ Nigel GriffithsDetails of export licences that have been revoked are published in the Government's annual reports on Strategic Export Controls, copies of which are available from the Libraries of the House.
I have asked the Director of the Export Control Organisation to forward these figures to the hon. Member and place them separately in the Libraries of the House.
§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what procedures are in place to ensure that where a defence export licence is revoked and a defence export licence subsequently granted to allow the export of the same items to an alternate destination, the items are not re-exported or re-directed to the original destination. [134601]
§ Nigel GriffithsWhen a licence is revoked any subsequent application is required to comply with our national arms export licensing criteria and the consolidated EU criteria. The risk of diversion is a valid ground for refusing a licence and steps are taken to assess this risk.