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Written question asked by John Stanley (Conservative) on Monday, 19 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 March 2012. It was answered by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Training

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Prime Minister's contribution in debate of 21 March 2011 in response to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion, Official Report, column 707, what training licences have been reviewed and to which countries; and which of these licences have subsequently been revoked.
Answer

An export licence would only be required for the provision of military training where the provision of that training involved the transfer of controlled military technology. All relevant export licences were reviewed in the wake of the events in the Middle East and North Africa last year. Of the strategic export licences revoked since February 2011, the following Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) for Libya included an element of training of this type.

Application type Annual report summary
OIEL Ground vehicle military communications equipment, equipment for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, military communications equipment, technology for the use of military communications equipment, command communications control and intelligence equipment, equipment for the use of command communications control and intelligence equipment, military electronic equipment, equipment for the use of military communications equipment, fire control equipment, equipment for the use of fire control equipment, artillery computers, equipment for the use of artillery computers, military infrared/thermal imaging equipment, laser rangefinders, equipment for the use of laser rangefinders, bombing computers, gun laying equipment, command communications control and intelligence software, command and control vehicles, software for the simulation of military operation scenarios, software for the use of military communications equipment, test equipment for military communications equipment, military navigation equipment, equipment for the use of military electronic equipment, components for military electronic equipment, technology for the use of artillery computers, technology for the use of bombing computers, technology for the use of fire control equipment, technology for the use of military electronic equipment, technology for the use of ground vehicle military communications equipment, software for the modelling of military operation scenarios, equipment employing cryptography, software for the use of equipment employing cryptography

Values of items licensed for export have been provided for extant Standard Individual Export Licences. No values are given for extant Open Individual Export Licences because there no generally no limit to the quantities that may be exported under these licences and it is not possible for exporters to provide this information when they make a licence application.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
101394; 542 c1147-8W
Session
2010-12
Related items
Subjects
Training
Link
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