Military Equipment (Exports) (Hansard, 27 February 2004)

§ Sir Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the(a) amount and (b) make of (i) handguns, (ii) ammunition, (iii) weapons sights and (iv) gun mountings exported to Jamaica under licences granted during 2001; and if she will make a statement. [154540]

§ Nigel Griffiths
The DTI is responsible for holding information only on the licences we have issued.
Details of all export licences granted for Jamaica in 2001 were published in the Government's 2001 Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls, copies of which are available from the Libraries of the House.

§ Sir Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) Scorpion tanks, (b) Saracen Light Vehicles and (c) Hawk jets have been supplied to Indonesia since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [154542]

§ Nigel Griffiths
The DTI is responsible for holding information only on the licences we have issued.
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Since May 1997, the Government has published an Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls containing details of all goods authorised for export from the UK and to which destinations. Copies of the Annual Report (up to and including 2002) are available from the Libraries of the House. Details of export licences approved in 2003 will be published later this year in the 2003 Annual Report, and for 2004, similarly in the 2004 Report next year.

§ Sir Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the rifles licensed for export to Nepal in 2001 were delivered; to whom; by whom they were manufactured; and if she will make a statement. [154593]

§ Nigel Griffiths
The DTI is responsible for holding information only on the licences we have issued.
Details of all export licences granted for Nepal in 2001 were published in the Government's 2001 Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls, copies of which are available from the Libraries of the House.
Information on manufacturers and end-users of equipment licensed for export is commercially confidential and is exempt from disclosure under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

§ Sir Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reasons 6,780 rifles licensed for export to Nepal in 2001 were not mentioned in table 4, Part III of the 2001 and 2002 annual report on Statistics on Exports of Military Equipment; and if she will make a statement. [154594]

§ Nigel Griffiths
The Annual Report table, 'Statistics on Exports of Military equipment', provides details on the number of weapons and small arms that have actually been exported from the UK, by destination, in that year. HM Customs & Excise have checked their records and have no record of these rifles being exported.

§ Sir Menzies Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the(a) items, (b) quantities and (c) end use conditions attached to military exports to Nepal exported under licences granted during 2001 and listed in the Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2001; and if she will make a statement. [154595]

§ Nigel Griffiths
The 2001 Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls contains summaries of all export licences granted for Nepal in 2001, and describes the items licensed.
Quantities of goods exported are in the case of small arms and weapons licensed under SIELs (table 5 of the Annual Report).
End-use conditions imposed on licences are confidential and not disclosed in the Annual Report.