<p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>In 2012, 16 pesticides that are banned or severely restricted for use in the UK were notified to HSE for export from the UK under European Regulation (EC) 689/2008 on the Export and Import of Dangerous Substances. These included five exported solely for industrial rather than pesticidal use in the importing country. In addition to export notification many of them needed the explicit consent of the importing country before the export could proceed.</p><p>These chemicals may either have been manufactured in the UK or imported and then exported to countries outside the European Union. We do not hold information on which were manufactured in the UK.</p>