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Written question asked by Ashley Fox (Conservative) on Monday, 27 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. It was answered by Douglas Alexander (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.


Standard Individual Export Licences

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait was to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the SPIRE system between January to July 2024.

Answer

Between 1 January and 30 June 2024, the median processing time for Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications submitted on SPIRE and processed to first outcome was 16 working days.

The Export Control Joint Unit’s (ECJU) current performance targets are to complete 70% of applications for SIELs within 20 working days, and 99% within 60 working days.

The Export Control Joint Unit publish comprehensive statistics every quarter about export licence applications, which includes our median processing times. The most recent publication covers the quarter up to June 2024. This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26771
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Standard individual export licences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk