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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many arms export licences were (a) requested and (b) granted for exports to Belarus (i) from 1997 to August 2001 and (ii) since August 2001; and if she will make a statement. [73163] Mr. Wilson: Between 2 May 1997 and 31 August 2001 no Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications and 4 Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) applications were received, for items on the Military List, where the end users were in Belarus. Between 1 September 2001 and 15 July 2002 no SIEL applications and 2 OIEL applications were received, for items on the Military List, where the end users were in Belarus. The number of SIELs and OIELs issued, for items on the Military List, where the end users were in Belarus, between 2 May 1997 and 31 December 2001 are published 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. Between 1 January 2001 and 31 August 2001, no SIELs or OIELs were issued, for items on the Military List, where the end user was in Belarus. Between 1 September 2001 and 15 July 2002, no SIELs and 1 OIEL was issued, for items on the Military List, where the end user was in Belarus. This information should be considered in light of the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green to my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley on 30 October 1997, Official Report, columns 870-871.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

73163; 390 c138-9W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Arms trade Export controls Belarus

Contains statistics

Yes

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