Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when a decision will be given on the licence application to The Export Control Joint Unit dated 8 November 2021 from RCV Engines Limited; and for what reason the target of concluding 99 per cent of applications within 60 working days, set out in her letter of 18 February 2022 to the hon Member for Christchurch, has not been met in this case.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
A decision on the application will be given as soon as the cross-government assessment has concluded. Maintaining our robust export control regime means that assessing applications for some destinations is more challenging and will take longer than our target times to assess.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list (a) the countries to which the Government appoints Trade Envoys and (b) the name of each person in post as a Trade Envoy on 1 November 2020; and when the vacant posts will be filled.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
A written ministerial statement was made in both Houses on 5th October 2020, UIN: HCWS483, listing all the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys. As of 1 November, there are 30 Trade Envoys covering 69 markets.
There is no fixed list of countries to which the Prime Minister appoints Trade Envoys.