House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 13 Jun 2002 (pt 10)

Stationery

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent by her Department on stationery in (a) 1995–96, (b) 1996–97, (c) 1997–98, (d) 1998–99, (e) 1999–2000, (f) 2000–01 and (g) 2001–02; what suppliers were used in each of these years, and how much was spent per supplier; what tender processes were undertaken, and what the frequency was of such processes; and if she will make a statement. [61377]

Ms Hewitt: The main provider of stationery to DTI over this period has been Guilbert UK Limited with whom we have a framework arrangement awarded by competitive tender in June 1998. Expenditure under this framework for the years for which information is available is as follows:

FY 1998–99—#1,078,069 (July 1998–March 1999);

FY 1999–00—#1,384,281;

FY 2000–01—#1,567,334; and

FY 2001–02—#1,536,726.

Arms Export Licences

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what licences have been granted for equipment on the military list to (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each month since December 2001,

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including military list and dual-use ratings; what equipment is covered under these licences; and if she will make a statement. [60625]

Nigel Griffiths [holding answer 11 June 2002]: The number of Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) covering items on the military and dual use lists, issued to end users in India and Pakistan in each month since December 2001, is set out in the tables that I have placed in the Libraries of the House. Individual licences might cover a range of items with various ratings. Where this is so, the licence is included in the tables in the total for all of the relevant ratings.

The summary description of the items covered by these ratings will be published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls, copies of which will be available in the Libraries of the House. In addition India and Pakistan are permitted destinations on certain Open General Export Licences, copies of which are also placed in the Libraries of the House. All relevant export licence applications for India and Pakistan are considered very carefully in the light of the latest developments in the region, on a case by case basis against the consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria and my hon. Friend the Member for Exeter's statement of 15 March 2002.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of small arms production equipment to Pakistan ordnance factories. [60693]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of small arms production equipment is controlled under entries ML18 and ML21 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended. Details of all relevant export licences including any for small arms production equipment issued to Pakistan since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences for particular end users is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-assemblies for the MP5 sub-machine gun to Switzerland where the final end-use destination was (a) Turkey, (b) Finland and (c) Pakistan. [60700]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of components and sub-assemblies for machine guns is controlled under entries ML1 and ML16 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Between 2 May 1997 and 27 May 2002 no Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering entries ML1 and ML16 where the consignee was Switzerland and the end user was either in Turkey, Finland or Pakistan.

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The Export Control Organisation's computer database records only permitted destinations for all Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs). Details of all relevant SIELs and OIELs issued since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences for components and sub-assemblies for particular machine guns in commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of small arms production equipment to MKEK in Turkey. [60692]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of small arms production equipment is controlled under entries ML18 and ML21 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Details of all relevant export licences including any for small arms production equipment issued to Turkey since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences for particular end users is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of small arms production equipment to Iran. [60694]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of small arms production equipment is controlled under entries ML18 and ML21 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Details of all relevant export licences including any for small arms production equipment issued to Iran since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

The Government's policy with respect to export licensing for Iran was set out in the reply given by my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth on 28 January 1998, Official Report, columns 273–74.

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many export licences for military equipment have been granted by her Department in each of the last three years. [60706]

Nigel Griffiths: The number of export licence applications in respect of items controlled for strategic reasons that have been approved and rejected since 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on

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Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House.

The 2001 Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls will be published as soon as possible.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-assemblies for the G3 rifle and MP5 sub-machine gun to Iran. [60688]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of components and sub-assemblies for rifles and machine guns is controlled under entries ML1 and ML16 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Details of all relevant export licences including any for components or sub-assemblies for rifles and machine guns issued to Iran since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences for particular rifles and machine guns are commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of CS pellets to Malaysia; and what the (a) quantities and (b) end-users in each case were. [60695]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of CS pellets is controlled under entries ML3, ML4 and ML7 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Details of all relevant export licences including those for CS pellets issued to Malaysia since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences to end users, and the quantities involved, is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for technology transfers to Turkey for the licensed production of the T-40 HK33E 40 mm grenade launcher. [60691]

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Nigel Griffiths: The export of technology for the production of grenade launchers is controlled under entries ML21 and ML22 in the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

Details of all relevant export licences including any for technology for the licensed production of grenade launchers issued to Turkey since 2 May 1997 are published in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports are available in the Libraries of the House. The 2001 Annual Report will be published as soon as possible.

Information on export licences for technology for the production of particular grenade launchers is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-machine guns to Germany where the final end-use destination was (a) Turkey, (b) Switzerland, (c) Finland and (d) Pakistan; [60689]

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Between 2 May 1997 and 27 May 2002 no Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the ratings ML1 or ML16 where the consignee was Germany and the end user was either in Turkey, Switzerland, Finland or Pakistan.

Information on export licences for components and sub-assemblies for particular machine guns is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-assemblies for the HK33 rifle to Turkey where the final end-use destination was in a different country. [60704]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of components and sub-assemblies for rifles is controlled under entries ML1 and ML16 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

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Between 2 May 1997 and 27 May 2002, two Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the ratings ML1 or ML16 where the consignee was Turkey and the end user was in a different country.

Information on licences for components and sub-assemblies for particular rifles is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components for the MP5 sub-machine gun to Finland where the final end-use destination was in a different country. [60703]

Between 2 May 1997 and 28 May 2002 no Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the ratings ML1 or ML16 where the consignee was Finland and the end user was in a different country.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-assemblies for the MP5 sub-machine gun to Pakistan where the final end-use destination was in a different country. [60702]

Between 2 May 1997 and 27 May 2002, no Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the ratings ML1 or ML16, where the consignee was Pakistan and the end user was in a different country.

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Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of components or sub-assemblies for sub-machine guns to Turkey where the final end-use destination was a different country; [60690]

Between 2 May 1997 and 28 May 2002 two Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the ratings ML1 or ML16 where the consignee was Turkey and the end user was in a different country.

Information on licences for components and sub-assemblies for particular machine guns is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Ann Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences have been granted since 2 May 1997 for the export of Pains Wessex CS pellets to Malaysia; and what the (a) quantities and (b) end-users were in each case. [60697]

Nigel Griffiths: The export of CS pellets is controlled under entries ML3, ML4 and ML7 in Part III of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 as amended.

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Information on licences to particular exporters, the end users, and the quantities involved, is commercially confidential and exempt from disclosure under Part II, Section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

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