Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines were issued for breaches of the UKs arms export control in 2022; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount and (b) date of each fine issued for that purpose in that period.

HMRC’s enforcement outcomes will be published in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2022. This will be available on the GOV.UK website. This will include collated Compound Settlement details for this period.

HMRC publicises details of Compound Settlements throughout the year. These details are released through Department for International Trade Notices to Exporters.

HMRC has issued 18 Compound Settlements from January to October 2022 for breaches of the UK arms export regime. The details for each of those settlements are within each of the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-exporters-202212-uk-exporters-fined-for-unlicensed-strategic-exports/nte-202212-uk-exporters-fined-for-unlicensed-strategic-exports

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-exporters-202231-uk-exporters-issued-compound-settlements-for-unlicensed-strategic-exports/nte-202231-uk-exporters-issued-compound-settlements-for-unlicensed-strategic-exports

Details of compound settlements for November and December 2022 are due to be released in the next few weeks, the details of which will be published at

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/notices-to-exporters#notices-to-exporters-2023