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Written Question
UK Trade with EU
Thursday 25th February 2021

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2021 to Question 144942, on UK Trade with EU, how many businesses in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) the UK have been advised by her Department to transfer some operations to the EU in order to facilitate exports following the UK's departure from the EU regardless of whether or not this is her Department's policy.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Customer Relationship Management System currently has over 200,000 active company records, and our advisers have many interactions with UK businesses every day. Whilst it is not possible to determine what was discussed in each of those interactions, DIT guidance to its staff is clear. Any decision to set up an operation in the EU is a commercial decision for the business, and it is not the role of DIT staff to advise companies on such decisions.

Of the interactions recorded since 1 December 2020, only one was with a company located in Alyn and Deeside, and that interaction related to a virtual trade mission to Canada. This reflects the fact the companies based in Wales receive local support on international matters from the Welsh Government, in line with their devolved responsibilities.


Written Question
UK Trade with EU
Tuesday 2nd February 2021

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) the UK have been advised by her Department to transfer some operations to the EU in order to facilitate exports following the UK's departure from the EU.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 January to Question UIN 143100.


Written Question
Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Export Controls
Monday 14th September 2020

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how long on average it takes her Department to respond to an application for an export licence for a dual use product in cases where that licence is (a) issued and (b) not issued.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

Considering applications that were completed in 2019, the longest length of time taken for a dual-use item licence to be refused in 2019 was 315 working days; the longest length of time taken for a dual-use item licence to be issued was 731 working days. The latter application is not typical, but required a government-to-government assurance and could not be completed until the foreign government involved had provided the necessary documentation.

The average processing time for all Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 19 working days in 2019. These include military rated, dual use and other rateable items, such as end use and human rights related items. The results also include applications that were either stopped/withdrawn, or did not require a licence. The average processing time for solely dual use items can only be provided at disproportionate costs.

The Rt Hon. Gentleman may find it helpful to know that median processing times – and the number of applications that are processed within 20/60 working days – are published on GOV.UK.


Written Question
Dual Use Goods and Technologies: Export Controls
Monday 14th September 2020

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what longest length of time has been taken by her Department to respond to an application for an export licence for a dual use product in cases where that licence has been (a) issued and (b) not issued.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

Considering applications that were completed in 2019, the longest length of time taken for a dual-use item licence to be refused in 2019 was 315 working days; the longest length of time taken for a dual-use item licence to be issued was 731 working days. The latter application is not typical, but required a government-to-government assurance and could not be completed until the foreign government involved had provided the necessary documentation.

The average processing time for all Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 19 working days in 2019. These include military rated, dual use and other rateable items, such as end use and human rights related items. The results also include applications that were either stopped/withdrawn, or did not require a licence. The average processing time for solely dual use items can only be provided at disproportionate costs.

The Rt Hon. Gentleman may find it helpful to know that median processing times – and the number of applications that are processed within 20/60 working days – are published on GOV.UK.