| Heading: |
Arms Trade: Exports |
| Question ID: |
1809396 |
| UIN: |
57527 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5332 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lincoln Jopp
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| Asking Member handle: |
LincolnJopp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LincolnJopp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average time was for an export license to be granted to a defence business from first application to approval in the latest period for which data is available. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Answer text: |
During 2024, the median processing time in SPIRE for all completed Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 16 working days. On average, completed SIEL applications account for around 95% of all completed licence applications. We do not ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |