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Written Question
Humanitarian Aid: EU Countries
Thursday 10th March 2022

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) trade rules implemented following the UK's departure from the EU and (b) rules on sending charitable donations of goods to EU countries on the number of shipments of humanitarian aid from the UK to EU countries, such as Greece and Poland.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

British goods exports to the EU were up 4.1% in 2021 on the previous year, whilst British goods imports from the EU were down 4.5% in the same period.

Although customs processes must still be followed, humanitarian goods are subject to customs duty relief. Businesses and charities can contact the Export Support Service for help relating to the Ukraine crisis.


Written Question
Sonar: Export Controls
Wednesday 9th December 2020

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on granting export licences for non-military sonar equipment to (a) China and (b) a third country where the purchaser is a Chinese registered firm.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, last updated in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25th March 2014, sets out the policy framework for assessing all export licence applications.


Written Question
Export Controls
Wednesday 9th December 2020

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the longest number of days her Department has taken to make an export licence decision from the date of the initial request to the date of the first decision being communicated to the applicant in each quarter of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis. These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.

This information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data. The most recent publication was on 13th October 2020, covering the period 1st April – 30th June 2020.

Internal records held indicate, in each quarter between Q1 2018 and Q2 2020, the longest an application has taken to process a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) by HM Government, is as follows:

Period

Longest an application has taken, in working days

Q1 2018

901

Q2 2018

887

Q3 2018

1018

Q4 2018

424

Q1 2019

576

Q2 2019

730

Q3 2019

431

Q4 2019

573

Q1 2020

488

Q2 2020

549


Written Question
Export Licences
Wednesday 9th December 2020

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of applications for export licences have been declined where the item is being exported to (a) China and (b) a third country where the purchaser is a Chinese registered firm or has been deemed to have links with China, in each quarter of (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis.

These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

However, the information requested by the Hon. Lady can only be provided at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Export Controls
Tuesday 8th December 2020

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the average number of days her Department has taken to make export licence decisions from the date of the initial request to the date of the first decision being communicated to the applicant in each quarter of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis.

These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

The most recent publication was on 13th October 2020, covering the period 1st April to 30th June 2020. For Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications, the data is reproduced below.

Period

Median processing times (days)

Q1 2018

11

Q2 2018

11

Q3 2018

10

Q4 2018

12

Q1 2019

11

Q2 2019

10

Q3 2019

10

Q4 2019

15

Q1 2020

15

Q2 2020

13