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	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of chaperoning foreign delegations in UK sponsored arms fairs; how many military escort officers chaperoned such delegations in each of the last five years; how such officers are selected; and which Department pays the cost.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	122006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no cost to the public purse. All additional costs are met in full by the respective commercial event organisers. Escort Officers respond to a call from their military chain of command to volunteer for the task. The number of military Escort Officers used to chaperone foreign delegations at UK sponsored defence exhibitions in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Exhibition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Farnborough International Airshow (FIA)</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI)</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:51:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

828093

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 122006 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the ranks of the Military Escort Officers who attended (a) DSEI 2017 and (b) Farnborough 2016; and what the ranks are of the Military Escort Officers who are planned to attend the Security and Policing expo in Farnborough in March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	124053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of countries attending, number of Military Escort Officers and their ranks are shown in the tables below for both Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 (DSEI) and Farnborough International Airshow 2016 (FIA).</p><p> </p><p>The number and ranks of Military Escort Officers who will volunteer at Security and Policing 2018 is not yet known.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Farnborough International Airshow 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rank of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Major</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Colonel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Flying Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Pilot Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Commander</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Defence and Security Equipment International 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rank of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Major</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Colonel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Flying Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Pilot Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Royal Navy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant Royal Navy</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DIT DSO Inward Visits Unit</p><p> </p><p>Military Escort Officers are drawn from both the Reserves and the Regular Armed Forces. One Military Escort Officer is normally assigned to chaperone each foreign delegation attending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 124054 question first answered 25/01/2018 16:42:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

828094

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 122006, how many ranks of the Military Escort Officers chaperoned each national delegation to which they were assigned for (a) DSEI 2017 and (b) Farnborough 2016; and how many ranks of the Military Escort Officers are planned to chaperone each national delegation to which are to be assigned for the Security and Policing expo in Farnborough in March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	124054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of countries attending, number of Military Escort Officers and their ranks are shown in the tables below for both Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 (DSEI) and Farnborough International Airshow 2016 (FIA).</p><p> </p><p>The number and ranks of Military Escort Officers who will volunteer at Security and Policing 2018 is not yet known.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Farnborough International Airshow 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rank of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>Major</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Colonel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Flying Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Pilot Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Commander</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Defence and Security Equipment International 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rank of Military Escort Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>Captain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>Major</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Colonel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Flying Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Pilot Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Commander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Lieutenant Royal Navy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Second Lieutenant Royal Navy</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DIT DSO Inward Visits Unit</p><p> </p><p>Military Escort Officers are drawn from both the Reserves and the Regular Armed Forces. One Military Escort Officer is normally assigned to chaperone each foreign delegation attending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 124053 question first answered 25/01/2018 16:42:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1060017

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the (a) personnel and (b) transport costs to the British Army of sending 44 military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	220158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There were no personnel and transport costs to the British Army of sending military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017. All associated costs were met in full by the commercial event organiser.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 12:26:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1060018

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, what estimate he has made of the number of military escort officers due to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	220159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of military escort officers who will be required to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in September 2019 is not yet finalised.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/02/2019 17:48:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1078561

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 220155, which countries from the human rights priority list were invited to and attended Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 as official delegations.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	226638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The six countries which were invited and attended Defence and Security Equipment International 2017 as official delegations were:</p><p> </p><p>Bahrain</p><p>Bangladesh</p><p>Colombia</p><p>Egypt</p><p>Pakistan</p><p>Saudi Arabia</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/03/2019 16:13:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128242

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information his Department holds on onward sales of arms and military equipment originally sold by UK defence industry where the original sale was made as a result of a UK arms fair.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	257462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257463 257464 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128243

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information his Department holds on sales of arms and military equipment associated with (a) human rights abuses and (b) war crimes that were originally sold by the UK defence industry where the original sale was made a result of a UK arms fair.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	257463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257464 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128244

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what international best practice frameworks are in place to regulate (a) marketing and (b) sales of arms and military equipment at arms fairs in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	257464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257463 257465 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1128245

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what surveillance and enforcement procedures are in place to ensure that weapons and military equipment in contravention of international agreements to which the UK is a signatory are not (a) promoted, (b) sold during and (c) sold following the Defence and Security Equipment International 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	257465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information about the cost of surveillance and enforcement activities at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibitions in 2013, 2015, 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All exports of military items from the UK are subject to export controls. Each export licence application is rigorously assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, which include criteria for human rights and international humanitarian law, and sanctions and embargoes. The Government will not grant a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria. Government approval is also required for the release of classified defence-related information or equipment by UK exporters to overseas entities for marketing purposes. The Export Control Joint Unit attends some UK arms fairs (including DSEI) to raise awareness with the organisers and the exhibitors of their export control obligations.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 257462 257463 257464 257466 257467 257712 question first answered 04/06/2019 09:09:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown