Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department is providing to maritime SMEs participating in international export activity.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The UK maritime sector is export intensive and contributed £12 billion to the UK’s total exports in 2017. The Department for International Trade (DIT) is supporting maritime small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to reach their exporting potential with a range of schemes. The Department recently launched the Internationalisation Fund. The fund, part of the Government’s Export Growth Plan and supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), offers eligible SMEs in England between £1,000 - £9,000 in matched funding to help overcome barriers to grow their overseas trading and strengthen their business. This is in addition to a suite of practical, promotional and financial initiatives from DIT to boost exports right across the economy including the Export Academy. DIT is also supporting maritime SMEs through engagement with industry stakeholders and events aimed at enabling companies to export more.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has fulfilled any export orders for the Type 31e Frigate to date.
Answered by Graham Stuart
There have been no export orders for the Arrowhead 140 (T31) yet. UK Defence and Security Exports is supporting Babcock in its campaigns to export UK built ships, as well as the sale of the design to overseas customers.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the export of Hawk training aircraft to allies.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade continues to work closely with other Government Departments and BAE Systems to promote the world leading Hawk Advanced Jet Training aircraft. Working through an Integrated Campaign Team approach, we continue to pursue the interest of a number of international partners in the platform.
As an example of export success, last year Hawk was a key component of the package in support of the successful export of Typhoon to Qatar. We are seeking to build on that success.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to identify potential export opportunities for Hawk training aircraft in (a) Qatar, (b) Kuwait, (c) Bahrain, (d) Austria, (e) Saudi Arabia, (f) India, (g) Malaysia, (h) Slovakia, (i) Spain, (j) Turkey and (k) Japan.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade continues to work closely with other Government Departments and BAE Systems to promote the world leading Hawk Advanced Jet Training aircraft. Working through an Integrated Campaign Team approach, we continue to pursue the interest of a number of international partners in the platform.
As an example of export success, last year Hawk was a key component of the package in support of the successful export of Typhoon to Qatar. We are seeking to build on that success.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government press release, PM hails biggest Naval defence contract for a decade, published on 28 June 2018, if he will provide further detail on the calculations for the value of the Global Combat Ship Australia contract valued at £20 billion.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The PM announced on the 28 June 2018 that BAE Systems’ Type 26 Global Combat Ship Australia had been selected as the design for Australia’s £20 billion Future Frigate programme. The details of the calculations for the Future Frigate Hunter Class programme are the business of the Australian Government and negotiations with industry.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government press release, PM hails biggest Naval defence contract for a decade, published on 28 June 2018, if he will provide further detail on the calculations for the value of the Global Combat Ship Australia contract valued at £20 billion.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The PM announced on the 28 June 2018 that BAE Systems’ Type 26 Global Combat Ship Australia had been selected as the design for Australia’s £20 billion Future Frigate programme. The details of the calculations for the Future Frigate Hunter Class programme are the business of the Australian Government and negotiations with industry.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 142370 on Iran: Standard Individual Export Licences, how many applications submitted by (a) Jeppesen UK, (b) CDG, (c) Aviall, (d) Tapestry Solutions and (e) AerData for licences to export goods to Iran have been received by the Export Control Organisation since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 16 January 2016.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Information provided in export licence applications (such as names of exporters, end users and third parties) is confidential. However, the Government publishes Official Statistics about export licences on a quarterly and annual basis, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.
These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.
Currently these reports contain information up to 31 December 2017. Information covering 1 January to 31 March will be published in July 2018.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications submitted by Jeppesen UK Limited for licences to export goods to Iran have been received by the Export Control Organisation since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 16 January 2016.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Information provided in export licence applications (such as names of exporters, end users and third parties) is confidential. However, the Government publishes Official Statistics about export licences on a quarterly and annual basis, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.
These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.
Currently these reports contain information up to 31 December 2017. Information covering 1 January to 31 March will be published in July 2018.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications submitted by (a) Boeing and (b) Boeing UK for licences to export goods to Iran have been received by the Export Control Organisation since the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 16 January 2016.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Information provided in export licence applications (such as names of exporters, end users and third parties) is confidential. However, the Government publishes Official Statistics about export licences on a quarterly and annual basis, which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.
These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.
Currently these reports contain information up to 31 December 2017. Information covering 1 January to 31 March will be published in July 2018.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what diplomatic steps the Government has taken to support UK industry in its pursuit of Turkish TF-X fighter aircraft contracts.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The UK Government has provided a coordinated, joined up package of support to those UK companies pursuing opportunities as part of the TF-X fighter aircraft programme. This includes Government to Government bilateral meetings and high level interventions, to support the ongoing diplomatic liaison between business and government (in the UK and Turkey) over the last three years.