Written question asked by Tim Yeo (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 September 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the occasions on which a licence has been granted by the Government for the export of Beryllium since 2nd May 1997, stating for each licence (a) the country to which export was granted and (b) the quantity of the export. - Includes ref to Strategic Export Controls annual reports, copies from 1997-2001 in Library.

Answer: Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the occasions on which a licence has been granted by the Government for the export of Beryllium since 2 May 1997, stating for each licence (a) the country to which export was granted and (b) the quantity of the export. [74389] Ms Hewitt: The export of beryllium is controlled under entries ML8 of Part III, Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994, and 1C111, 1C230 and 6C004 of Annex 1 to Council Regulations (EC) No. 1334/2000. Details of all export licences issued are published by destination in the Government's Annual Reports on Strategic Export Controls. Copies of the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Annual Reports are available from the Libraries of the House. Since the publication of the 2001 Annual Report it has come to light that the entry for beryllium, licensed for export to India, was incorrectly reported. The application was refused. Between 1 January 2002 and 17 September 2002 no Standard Individual Export Licence or Open Individual Export Licence was issued for the proposed export of beryllium. Information on the quantity of beryllium licensed for export is being withheld from disclosure under Part II, Exemptions 13 and 14 of the Open Government Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

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