Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she expects his Department to conclude negotiations with Harland and Wolff on a loan under the Export Development Guarantee Scheme.
Answered by Greg Hands
HM Government does not comment on ongoing commercial discussions.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Soldier on stand requests UK Defence and Security Exports (a) received and (b) fulfilled in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022, and (iii) 2023.
Answered by Alan Mak
2021
Requested – 3
Fulfilled – 3
2022
Requested - 5
Fulfilled – 5
2023
Requested – 16
Fulfilled – 12
2024 (to date)
Requested – 6
Fulfilled - 4
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ‘meet the buyer’ events did UK Defence and Security Exports host in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answered by Alan Mak
a) 2021
1
b) 2022
2
c) 2023
3
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many international trade shows UK Defence and Security Exports officials (a) supported and (b) attended in each year since 2010.
Answered by Alan Mak
A) Supported by a UKDSE exhibition stand presence:
Information prior to 2014-2015 unavailable.
2014-2015
19
2015-2016
24
2016-2017
17
2017-2018
24
2018-2019
22
2019-2020
21
2020-2021
3
2021-2022
7
2022-2023
8
2023-2024
14
B) Attended
UK Defence and Security Exports has not consistently recorded this information centrally. Individual attendance records are not held in the format requested.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding UK Defence and Security Exports offers to companies to exhibit at international defence and security trade shows.
Answered by Alan Mak
UK Defence and Security Exports does not offer any funding to companies to exhibit at international defence and security trade shows. UKDSE offers other services to companies such as equipment demonstration through the Export Support team and opportunity to purchase space on the main UK stand at some events.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the annual budget was for UK Defence and Security Exports in each year since 2010.
Answered by Alan Mak
UK Defence and Security Export’s outturn is not available before 2016/17. Please see below the full year outturn for UK Defence and Security Exports for the period 2016/17 - 2022/23.
2016/2017 | UKDSE | £9.7m |
2017/2018 | UKDSE | £10.0m |
2018/2019 | UKDSE | £9.9m |
2019/2020 | UKDSE | £10.0m |
2020/2021 | UKDSE | £9.7m |
2021/2022 | UKDSE | £12.0m |
2022/2023 | UKDSE | £13.7m |
Please note that the 2023/24 outturn will be available once DBT’s accounts are finalised.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the headcount was of UK Defence and Security Exports in each year since 2010.
Answered by Alan Mak
The headcount of civil servants employed in UK Defence and Security Exports (2018-2024)
| March 2024 | March 2023 | March 2022 | March 2021 | March 2020 | March 2019 | March 2018 |
UK Defence and Security Exports | 103 | 99 | 82 | 72 |
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Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of its re-export controls on the sales of surplus military equipment.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK system is based on having a thorough risk-assessment process for the original export licence before the goods leave the UK. Export licence applicants are required to inform us of any intention to re-export the goods at the time of submitting their export licence application. It is an offence for an export licence applicant to knowingly make a statement which is false, and any licence granted on the basis of this would become void. This encourages exporters to be clear on their export licence applications about known re-exports to third countries.
We can and do refuse applications where there is a planned re-export that is inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, or where we assess that the goods may be diverted to an undesirable destination.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to monitor the re-export of defence equipment sold as surplus to requirements.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK system is based on having a thorough risk-assessment process for the original export licence before the goods leave the UK. Export licence applicants are required to inform us of any intention to re-export the goods at the time of submitting their export licence application. It is an offence for an export licence applicant to knowingly make a statement which is false, and any licence granted on the basis of this would become void. This encourages exporters to be clear on their export licence applications about known re-exports to third countries.
We can and do refuse applications where there is a planned re-export that is inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, or where we assess that the goods may be diverted to an undesirable destination.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what controls her Department places on the re-export of military equipment sold as surplus to requirements.
Answered by Greg Hands
The UK system is based on having a thorough risk-assessment process for the original export licence before the goods leave the UK. Export licence applicants are required to inform us of any intention to re-export the goods at the time of submitting their export licence application. It is an offence for an export licence applicant to knowingly make a statement which is false, and any licence granted on the basis of this would become void. This encourages exporters to be clear on their export licence applications about known re-exports to third countries.
We can and do refuse applications where there is a planned re-export that is inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, or where we assess that the goods may be diverted to an undesirable destination.