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833005

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January to Question 123164, for the (a) staff numbers and (b) budget for Customs A/B for each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	125321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As per my previous answer, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes staffing numbers and budgets each year in its Annual Report and Accounts, including the core department and agency information. The information is available at the following links:</p><p>For 2012-13 to 2016-17:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p>For earlier years:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/reports.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk///about/reports.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>With the merger of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise in 2005, HMRC was created as a single department. As a single integrated department, HMRC is no longer organised as a separate entity, nor does it report Customs as a separate entity.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 09:49:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

830000

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Export Control Act 2002: Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests have been made under the provisions of the Export Control Act 2002 in each year since that Act came into effect; how many charging decisions have been received on such breaches from the CPS; on what dates such decisions were received; and how many criminal convictions have resulted from each such charging decision.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text Information on HMRC enforcement outcomes is published in the Strategic Export Controls Annual Reports which are available on the gov.uk. Website. The specific information requested is not readily available. HMRC takes breaches of strategic export controls very seriously but does not view a criminal prosecution as the only successful law enforcement outcome in all cases. There are several other options they can and regularly do exercise; these include building awareness, sending warning letters, issuing compound penalties and seizure or disruption actions. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/01/2018 14:54:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
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

830003

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Saudi joint incidents assessment team which reports to the Government on allegations of its own violations of international humanitarian law employs the principles of the Law of Armed Conflict with respect to Saudi Arabia's air campaign in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/01/2018 16:37:35 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
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

828730

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Chemring Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contracts that his Department has entered into with Chemring and its subsidiaries in each of the past 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Since 2008, the Ministry of Defence has entered into more than 70 contracts with the Chemring group. These are for a range of services. I am withholding further details as disclosure would prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 29/01/2018 16:23:50 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
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

828162

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Export Controls: Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 123165, what the dates were of each of the five arrests made; what the names were of each of the people arrested; and what the details of the charges were by section of the 2008 control order.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	124122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not release the details of investigations where no conviction has taken place or the names of those individuals or companies that HMRC have previously, or are currently, investigating.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the prosecution for a trafficking and brokering offence arising under the provisions of the Export Control Order 2008 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>One individual was arrested in March 2011 for promoting the supply or delivery of handguns and hand-held surface to air missiles to Azerbaijan, in contravention of the Export Control Order 2008. In July 2012, they were found guilty on both counts and sentenced to three and a half years in respect of missiles and two and a half years in respect of the handguns, to run concurrently.</p><p> </p><p>The action HMRC takes in respect of breaches of export controls will depend on the nature and seriousness of any offence, and that action is not limited to investigation with a view to prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/01/2018 15:35:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle