§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of applications for export licences for L21 of A 1 plastic baton rounds have been rejected; and from what country each application originated. [176092]
§ Nigel GriffithsI have been asked to reply.
Details of all export licences issued, broken down by destination, are contained in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report. Plastic baton rounds are covered by the descriptor "crowd control ammunition".
Since 1999 the DTI has refused two applications for export licences for plastic baton rounds/cartridges. These applications were from companies wishing to export from the UK.
Information on the percentage of applications for plastic baton rounds refused could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.