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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in (i) her Department and (ii) the predecessor Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696867/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Export Control Joint Unit strives to meet its licensing targets by concluding 70 per cent of standard individual export licence applications within 20 working days and 99 per cent within 60 working days. We publish comprehensive Official Statistics every quarter about the decisions we make on licence applications including processing times. This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.<\/p><p>As of 12 March 2024, the processing of export licence applications was being delivered by 48.61 full-time equivalent (FTE) officials within the Department for Business and Trade. They are supported by teams from the Ministry of Defence and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office who provide advice to DBT on export licence applications.<\/p><p>As export licensing is a demand-led operation, ECJU regularly assesses how to organise its resources to enable it to provide the most efficient and effective service and to adapt to changing demands.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average processing time was for export licenses in the last six months; how many civil servants were assigned to process export licenses in that period; and whether her Department plans to take steps to (a) increase the number of civil servants assigned to process export licenses and (b) improve the efficiency of the export licensing process.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696425/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In making decisions on whether to grant a licence to permit something otherwise prohibited by sanctions legislation &amp; regulations, the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), comprised of subject matter experts and officials in the Department for Business and Trade, the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office and the Ministry of Defence, acts on behalf of the Secretary of State. ECJU is obligated to consider applications on a case-by-case basis, determining whether granting a licence would be consistent with the stated purposes of the sanctions regime, licensing grounds, and United Nations or international law obligations.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>When assessing applications ECJU also consults and considers views from a range of other government departments.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696150/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Business and Trade\u2019s Supplementary Estimates Explanatory Memorandum was sent to the chair of the Business and Trade Committee on Friday 15<sup>th<\/sup> March 2024.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1171", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liam Byrne"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696313/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I met with Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, at the end of February.<\/p><p>We discussed the role of Ukraine\u2019s private sector in the country\u2019s resilience and reconstruction, the importance of transparent and clear procurement and the alignment between Ukraine\u2019s reform agenda and enhancing its business environment both during and after the war. My department works closely with colleagues in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and Government of Ukraine counterparts to address these important topics.<\/p>"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Private Sector: Ukraine"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Cross-Government Fraud Landscape: Annual Report 2022, published on 21 March 2023, what the basis is of the increase in detected error in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from £13.4m in 2019/20 to £160.7m in 2020/21.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695476/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Export Control Joint Unit is extremely mindful of the commercial pressures that businesses face - and of the need to process licence applications with minimum delay - which is why it strives to meet its licensing targets (to conclude 70 per cent of standard individual export licence applications within 20 working days and 99 per cent within 60 working days).<\/p><p>We publish comprehensive Official Statistics every quarter about the decisions we make on licence applications, which includes our median processing times. This covers data from every year since January 2008 and including our most recent publication covering the quarter up to June 2023. This data is available at:<\/p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the (a) target and (b) average time taken to process export licence applications is as of 12 March 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695477", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business and Trade"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695477/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is extremely mindful of the commercial pressures that businesses face - and of the need to process licence applications with minimum delay and within our public target timeframes. However, some destinations remain more challenging and will take longer to complete as we continue to maintain our robust export controls regime.<\/p><p>ECJU has an ongoing programme of Continuous Improvement and we routinely identify and implement opportunities to make targeted improvements to the way we operate and manage the export licensing service to help us adapt to the changing demands on the system.<\/p><p>ECJU is also in the process of rolling out its new digital export licensing system, LITE, which will provide a modern digital service that streamlines the export licence application process and supports decision-making through effective use of data. The key aim of LITE is to deliver an efficient, rigorous, and customer-friendly export licensing and compliance service.<\/p>"}
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