Arms Trade: Export Controls
(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has set a target for export licence processing times for a) military goods; and b) dual use goods by the Export Control Joint Unit.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026
The Export Control Joint Unit aims to provide a decision on 70% of Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications within 20 working days, and 99% within 60 working days.
Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/standard-individual-export-licences-siels.