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date	20/06/2019
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the High Court judgment on 20 June, whether they intend to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia immediately on humanitarian grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL16575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government disagrees with the Court of Appeal judgment and will be seeking permission to appeal. We are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for decision-making. While we do this, we will not grant any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, which might be used in the conflict in Yemen.</p><p> </p><p>Arms sales data by region are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, information on export licences issued, refused and revoked, up to 31 December 2018, which includes values declared for Standard Individual Export Licences, is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted, that licences granted are not necessarily a measure of sales or exports shipped in a given period as they are valid for between two and five years. Licensing data only provides a partial indication of sales as exporters only declare export values for a subsection of licences (Standard Individual Export Licences). Some licences expire before they are used and, in these circumstances, exporters must submit a further application, which can result in an element of double counting.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL16577 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:19:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1133826

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the value of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL16577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government disagrees with the Court of Appeal judgment and will be seeking permission to appeal. We are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for decision-making. While we do this, we will not grant any new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, which might be used in the conflict in Yemen.</p><p> </p><p>Arms sales data by region are published annually on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, information on export licences issued, refused and revoked, up to 31 December 2018, which includes values declared for Standard Individual Export Licences, is published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted, that licences granted are not necessarily a measure of sales or exports shipped in a given period as they are valid for between two and five years. Licensing data only provides a partial indication of sales as exporters only declare export values for a subsection of licences (Standard Individual Export Licences). Some licences expire before they are used and, in these circumstances, exporters must submit a further application, which can result in an element of double counting.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL16575 question first answered 02/07/2019 13:19:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

769249

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Telecommunications: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of direct investment from China in the UK telecommunications sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The figures below, from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) (published in December 2016), show the value of direct investment from China into the UK in the Information and Communications sector in each of the last five years that figures are available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value of investment (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics</em></p><p><em>- Indicates nil data </em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 26/10/2017 15:01:46 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

769250

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Energy: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of direct investment from China in the UK energy sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>According to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures (published in December 2016) there is no recorded value of foreign direct investment from China in the UK energy sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 26/10/2017 15:04:40 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

769252

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many foreign direct investment projects there have been in the UK over the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text Over the last five years the Department for International Trade (DIT) and its predecessor UK Trade and Investment, has recorded 9,798 foreign direct investment projects in the UK.<p> </p><p>In 2016/17 DIT registered the highest number of FDI projects coming into the UK it has ever recorded – 2,265 (up 2% on 2015/16).</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 26/10/2017 15:04:27 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott