Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the setup and maintenance of the great.gov.uk website (a) in the 12 months and (b) since its launch.

Extant licences are reviewed in circumstances where the assessment of the licensing position under the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria changes. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the licensing position is kept under careful and continual review.

Our export licensing system allows us to respond quickly to changing facts on the ground and we have powers to revoke or suspend licences if our assessment of the licensing position changes.