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 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
The Export Control Joint Unit has received 1,615 licence applications for Iran since 16th January 2016.
Of these, 173 applications were granted a licence and 85 applications were either refused or rejected.
The majority of all other applications either did not require a licence as the goods were not subject to export controls or they were stopped or withdrawn before a final outcome could be reached.
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 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
The Export Control Joint Unit has received 1,615 licence applications for Iran since 16th January 2016.
Of these, 173 applications were granted a licence and 85 applications were either refused or rejected.
The majority of all other applications either did not require a licence as the goods were not subject to export controls or they were stopped or withdrawn before a final outcome could be reached.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether exports of Turkey's TF-X fighter will be subject to UK Government approval on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Greg Hands
It is planned that the TF-X aircraft will be built in Turkey, therefore approval of any future exports from Turkey will be a matter for the Turkish government.
Any components being supplied from the UK for the TF-X aircraft will however be subject to UK Government approval, as these components will require a UK Export Licence.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions his Department has had with (a) BAe and (b) Rolls Royce on the viability of the Turkish Government's plan to field a prototype aircraft by 2023 as part of its TF-X indigenous fighter programme.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department has had a number of discussions with both companies and TAI and SSM regarding the future timetable for production of the TF-X aircraft.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who travelled with him in his delegation to Turkey on Friday 12 January 2018.
Answered by Graham Stuart
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade was accompanied on his visit to Turkey by a private secretary, special adviser and press officer as is common for ministers undertaking high-profile international visits.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the current status is of Government involvement in the partnership between BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries to develop the TF-X fighter aircraft.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government has had no involvement in the partnership (commercial discussions) between BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries to develop the TF-X fighter aircraft. However, the UK Government have taken forward a number of diplomatic activities to support UK industry in pursuit of various TF-X contracts.Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his policy is on engagement by the UK defence industry with the proposed European Defence Industrial Development Programme (a) before and (b) after the UK leaves the EU; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of that programme on his Department's policies.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Options for participation in the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) shall form part of the wider EU withdrawal negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of UK defence exports based on orders and agreed contracts to each EU member state in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
Due to commercial sensitivity, the Government does not publish data detailing the value of defence exports by individual country.
However, the estimated total of UK defence exports (based on orders/contracts signed) to Europe as a whole from 2007-2016 is £7.3BN (source: DIT DSO).
The data is taken from the Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) official statistics which are released annually on the gov.uk website.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the agenda was for the discussion for the 3rd TF-X fighter aircraft programme at the steering committee meeting held in London between his Department and the Government of Turkey.
Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)
The Department for International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation and the Ministry of Defence recently held a Turkey-UK, TF-X Programme G2G Steering Committee meeting with Turkish officials to discuss how the Turkish and UK Government and industry could work closely together to progress the TF-X project.
Due to the commercially sensitive nature of these discussions, we are unable to release the agenda.
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries he has visited on official business in the last 12 months.
Answered by Greg Hands
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has visited 27 countries on official business in the last 12 months: 17th November 2016 – 17th November 2017.
The countries he visited are:; Oman; Germany; Brazil; Qatar; Hong Kong; Switzerland; Kuwait; Canada; Singapore; Vietnam; Indonesia; Philippines; Malaysia; Japan; USA; France; Mexico; Panama; Colombia; South Africa; Mozambique; Belgium; Netherlands; Saudi Arabia; UAE; Ethiopia and Uganda.