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Written Question
Arms Trade: Exports
Monday 16th March 2015

Asked by: John Stanley (Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of arms exports from the UK was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The latest UK Defence export figures were published as official statistics on 8 July 2014. A link to the full dataset is below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-defence-and-security-export-figures-2013

An extract from the figures is below showing the value of UK Defence Exports (Based on orders) over the last 5 years.

Year

£BN

2009

7.3

2010

5.8

2011

5.4

2012

8.8

2013

9.8

Total

37.1

Division Vote (Commons)
12 Mar 2015 - Defence Spending - View Vote Context
John Stanley (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 26 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 3
Division Vote (Commons)
11 Mar 2015 - Ark Pension Schemes - View Vote Context
John Stanley (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 103 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 367 Noes - 113
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Mar 2015 - Deregulation Bill - View Vote Context
John Stanley (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 237 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 277
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Mar 2015 - Consumer Rights Bill - View Vote Context
John Stanley (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 227 Conservative Aye votes vs 4 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 353 Noes - 5
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2015
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

"This is a necessary and timely debate, and I should like to congratulate the right hon. Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett) on securing it. Like many others on both sides of the House, I had until recently been moderately optimistic that we were winning the battle against nuclear proliferation. …..."
John Stanley - View Speech

View all John Stanley (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) contributions to the debate on: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 06 Mar 2015
Fixed-term Parliaments (Repeal) Bill

"I am very glad to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan) and the, to my mind, wholly persuasive case he made for the repeal of this legislation.

I should hold my hand up right at beginning. Like, I am sure, most if …..."
John Stanley - View Speech

View all John Stanley (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) contributions to the debate on: Fixed-term Parliaments (Repeal) Bill
Division Vote (Commons)
4 Mar 2015 - Future Government Spending - View Vote Context
John Stanley (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 255 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 298
Written Question
Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Ukraine
Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Asked by: John Stanley (Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to state the date or dates on which export licence approval was given for the export of Saxon armoured vehicles to Ukraine, the number of Saxon armoured vehicles for which export approval was given and their stated value.

Answered by Matt Hancock

On 23 December 2014 two licences were granted for export to Ukraine of a total of 75 Saxon Armoured Personnel Carriers. The stated value of the export was £2,075,000.

Written Question
Ukraine
Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Asked by: John Stanley (Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has as to whether Saxon armoured vehicles exported to Ukraine will have arms mounted on them by Ukroboronprom or any other Ukrainian organisation.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence supplied the first batch of 20 Saxon vehicles to the Ukrainian Government. The vehicles were delivered unarmed and any subsequent decision to arm those vehicles is a matter for the Ukrainian Government.