All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and are processed by the Export Control Joint Unit.<\/p>
The categories represent an overview of the complexity of the country from an export licensing perspective and are used at the initial processing stage to allow for more efficient and effective processing.<\/p>
The assessment process for considering licence applications is the same, regardless of whether they are sifted as red, grey or green.<\/p>
The details of which countries are categorised as either red, grey or green are confidential.<\/p>
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All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and are processed by the Export Control Joint Unit.<\/p>
The categories represent an overview of the complexity of the country from an export licensing perspective and are used at the initial processing stage to allow for more efficient and effective processing.<\/p>
The assessment process for considering licence applications is the same, regardless of whether they are sifted as red, grey or green.<\/p>
The details of which countries are categorised as either red, grey or green are confidential.<\/p>
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All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and are processed by the Export Control Joint Unit.<\/p>
The categories represent an overview of the complexity of the country from an export licensing perspective and are used at the initial processing stage to allow for more efficient and effective processing.<\/p>
The assessment process for considering licence applications is the same, regardless of whether they are sifted as red, grey or green.<\/p>
The details of which countries are categorised as either red, grey or green are confidential.<\/p>
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The three categories are used in an initial sift of all applications, to allow for more efficient and effective processing.<\/p>
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The sifting process has no bearing on the outcome of the application. All applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1482", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Graham Stuart"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Beverley and Holderness"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Graham Stuart"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-23T12:35:51.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "202"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Export Controls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 134889, on Export Controls, for what reason his Department sifts licence applications into three categories.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4615", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Kemptown"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lloyd Russell-Moyle"} ], "uin" : "136139"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/882319", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/882319/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We do not hold a central record of the licence applications referred to Ministers.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1482", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Graham Stuart"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Beverley and Holderness"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Graham Stuart"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-18T15:53:19.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "202"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-04-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Export Controls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications to the (a) Export Control Joint Unit and (b) Export Control Organisation which were referred up to ministerial level were (a) approved and (b) denied for each and every year from year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4615", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Kemptown"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lloyd Russell-Moyle"} ], "uin" : "135387"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/882763", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/882763/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "