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838978

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance: Honduras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the secretary of state for international trade whether he has made an assessment as to whether the telecommunications interception equipment licensed to Honduras on 17 August 2017 and 19 December 2016 has been used by the authorities in their recent surveillance-led crack down against dissidents following November's disputed election; and whether he plans to revoke licences for strategic goods to that country.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	127539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network. We will not license the export of items where to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Consolidated Criteria. In particular, we assessed both licences against Criterion 2(a) – whether there is a clear risk that the goods might be used for internal repression.</p><p>Each application must be supported by an undertaking from the end-user which sets out the intended purpose of the goods. This undertaking is considered as part of the overall assessment process but we do not rely solely on assurances given by the recipient state in deciding whether or not to grant a licence. As part of our assessment under Criterion 2 we consider all relevant information, including the behaviour of the end user with regard to respect for human rights. In this case, as part of the assessment, the British Embassy in Honduras was consulted thoroughly on the end user and stated end use.</p><p>The first licence granted in December 2016 was for a temporary export for demonstration purposes; a condition of the licence was that the goods were returned to the UK within 12 months, this licence has now expired. Our records show that the licence granted in August 2017 has not been used and currently no goods have yet been shipped. I therefore do not consider that the goods licensed for export could have been used against protestors.</p><p>No licences have been revoked or suspended for Honduras. We are keeping the situation under careful review.</p><p>I am withholding the name of the exporter because information on export licence applicants is confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 127579 127698 127700 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:00:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

839019

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance: Honduras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the secretary of state for International Trade, whether he sought assurances from the Government of Honduras that the telecommunications interception equipment licensed to Honduras would not be used in internal repression.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	127579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network. We will not license the export of items where to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Consolidated Criteria. In particular, we assessed both licences against Criterion 2(a) – whether there is a clear risk that the goods might be used for internal repression.</p><p>Each application must be supported by an undertaking from the end-user which sets out the intended purpose of the goods. This undertaking is considered as part of the overall assessment process but we do not rely solely on assurances given by the recipient state in deciding whether or not to grant a licence. As part of our assessment under Criterion 2 we consider all relevant information, including the behaviour of the end user with regard to respect for human rights. In this case, as part of the assessment, the British Embassy in Honduras was consulted thoroughly on the end user and stated end use.</p><p>The first licence granted in December 2016 was for a temporary export for demonstration purposes; a condition of the licence was that the goods were returned to the UK within 12 months, this licence has now expired. Our records show that the licence granted in August 2017 has not been used and currently no goods have yet been shipped. I therefore do not consider that the goods licensed for export could have been used against protestors.</p><p>No licences have been revoked or suspended for Honduras. We are keeping the situation under careful review.</p><p>I am withholding the name of the exporter because information on export licence applicants is confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 127539 127698 127700 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:00:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

839139

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance: Honduras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if his Department will publish the name of the company that it licensed to supply two batches of surveillance and telecommunications interception equipment to Honduras in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	127698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network. We will not license the export of items where to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Consolidated Criteria. In particular, we assessed both licences against Criterion 2(a) – whether there is a clear risk that the goods might be used for internal repression.</p><p>Each application must be supported by an undertaking from the end-user which sets out the intended purpose of the goods. This undertaking is considered as part of the overall assessment process but we do not rely solely on assurances given by the recipient state in deciding whether or not to grant a licence. As part of our assessment under Criterion 2 we consider all relevant information, including the behaviour of the end user with regard to respect for human rights. In this case, as part of the assessment, the British Embassy in Honduras was consulted thoroughly on the end user and stated end use.</p><p>The first licence granted in December 2016 was for a temporary export for demonstration purposes; a condition of the licence was that the goods were returned to the UK within 12 months, this licence has now expired. Our records show that the licence granted in August 2017 has not been used and currently no goods have yet been shipped. I therefore do not consider that the goods licensed for export could have been used against protestors.</p><p>No licences have been revoked or suspended for Honduras. We are keeping the situation under careful review.</p><p>I am withholding the name of the exporter because information on export licence applicants is confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 127539 127579 127700 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:00:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

839141

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Honduras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department took to comply with criterion two of the consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria before issuing arms export licences for exports to Honduras in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	127700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network. We will not license the export of items where to do so would be inconsistent with any provision of the Consolidated Criteria. In particular, we assessed both licences against Criterion 2(a) – whether there is a clear risk that the goods might be used for internal repression.</p><p>Each application must be supported by an undertaking from the end-user which sets out the intended purpose of the goods. This undertaking is considered as part of the overall assessment process but we do not rely solely on assurances given by the recipient state in deciding whether or not to grant a licence. As part of our assessment under Criterion 2 we consider all relevant information, including the behaviour of the end user with regard to respect for human rights. In this case, as part of the assessment, the British Embassy in Honduras was consulted thoroughly on the end user and stated end use.</p><p>The first licence granted in December 2016 was for a temporary export for demonstration purposes; a condition of the licence was that the goods were returned to the UK within 12 months, this licence has now expired. Our records show that the licence granted in August 2017 has not been used and currently no goods have yet been shipped. I therefore do not consider that the goods licensed for export could have been used against protestors.</p><p>No licences have been revoked or suspended for Honduras. We are keeping the situation under careful review.</p><p>I am withholding the name of the exporter because information on export licence applicants is confidential.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 127539 127579 127698 question first answered 20/02/2018 11:00:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

837331

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of whether locating DSO, which promotes arms exports, and ECJU, which controls arms exports, in the same Department has created a potential conflict of interest.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	126450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) and Export Control Joint Unit conduct their business entirely separately. DSO is not involved or consulted in export licensing decisions.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application. We will not grant a licence if to do so would be inconsistent with these Criteria.</p><p> </p><p>We do not believe that co-location within the DIT creates any conflicts of interest.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/02/2018 17:58:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

837333

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Licensing
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 29 January 2018 to Question 124725, what vetting his Department conducts on entities that export strategic goods.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	126452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria focus on the end use of the proposed export, taking into account a wide range of factors. Routine vetting procedures therefore relate to end users rather than applicants.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/02/2018 18:00:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

830002

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what vetting procedures the Export Control Joint Unit carries out on entities that apply to the Government for licenses to broker or deal arms.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p><p> </p><p>The Export Control Joint Unit takes account of all relevant risks related to the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria when assessing licence applications. The criteria focus on the end use of the proposed transfers and therefore routine vetting procedures relate to end users rather than applicants.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 15:29:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

828725

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Chemring Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will list the number of applications for export credit support and financing that UK Export Finance has received from Chemring and its subsidiaries in each of the past 10 years; and if he will list the value of the exports covered and the countries for which export support was provided.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Where such information is not commercially sensitive, UK Export Finance (UKEF) publishes details of the companies it has supported on an annual basis in its Annual Report and Accounts which are presented to Parliament and can be found on UKEF’s website. These details include the value of UKEF’s support and the destination country of the export. The applications that UKEF has received from Chemring were in connection to a single export contract for bomb disposal equipment with the Indonesian National Police that UKEF supported.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 17:10:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

828728

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Chemring Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on how many occasions the Defence and Security Organisation has provided direct assistance to Chemring or its subsidiaries in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>According to our records the Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) has interacted with Chemring or its subsidiaries on 194 occasions since 2007.</p><p>An interaction can range from meeting company representatives on a stand at an exhibition, to providing introductions, to meetings with officials, or company visits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2018 17:20:52 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