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date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Humanitarian Aid: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) trade rules implemented following the UK's departure from the EU and (b) rules on sending charitable donations of goods to EU countries on the number of shipments of humanitarian aid from the UK to EU countries, such as Greece and Poland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	134030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>British goods exports to the EU were up 4.1% in 2021 on the previous year, whilst British goods imports from the EU were down 4.5% in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Although customs processes must still be followed, humanitarian goods are subject to customs duty relief. Businesses and charities can contact the Export Support Service for help relating to the Ukraine crisis.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 10/03/2022 16:05:16 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena previous answer version 56226 answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1258415

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Sonar: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on granting export licences for non-military sonar equipment to (a) China and (b) a third country where the purchaser is a Chinese registered firm.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	125255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, last updated in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25<sup>th</sup> March 2014, sets out the policy framework for assessing all export licence applications.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/12/2020 17:55:56 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1258417

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the longest number of days her Department has taken to make an export licence decision from the date of the initial request to the date of the first decision being communicated to the applicant in each quarter of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	125256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I refer the Hon. Lady to the answer I gave on 8<sup>th</sup> December 2020 to Question (UIN: 124773).</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis. These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a> The most recent publication was on 13<sup>th</sup> October 2020, covering the period 1<sup>st</sup> April – 30<sup>th</sup> June 2020.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Internal records held indicate, in each quarter between Q1 2018 and Q2 2020, the longest an application has taken to process a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) by HM Government, is as follows:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Period</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Longest an application has taken, in working days</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q1 2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>901</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q2 2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>887</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q3 2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1018</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q4 2018</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>424</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q1 2019</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>576</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q2 2019</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>730</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q3 2019</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>431</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q4 2019</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>573</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q1 2020</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>488</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Q2 2020</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>549</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/12/2020 17:50:27 question first ministerially corrected 10/12/2020 17:16:45 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena previous answer version 68112 answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1258422

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of applications for export licences have been declined where the item is being exported to (a) China and (b) a third country where the purchaser is a Chinese registered firm or has been deemed to have links with China, in each quarter of (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	125257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis.</p><p>These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p>However, the information requested by the Hon. Lady can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 09/12/2020 17:29:33 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1258332

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the average number of days her Department has taken to make export licence decisions from the date of the initial request to the date of the first decision being communicated to the applicant in each quarter of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	124773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis.</p><p>These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: www.<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a></p><p>The most recent publication was on 13<sup>th</sup> October 2020, covering the period 1<sup>st</sup> April to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2020. For Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications, the data is reproduced below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median processing times (days)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q1 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q2 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q3 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q4 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q1 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q2 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q3 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q4 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q1 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Q2 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 08/12/2020 15:41:41 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry