Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Prime Minister’s written ministerial statement of 3 June 2025 on Machinery of Government: Cyber-security and Defence Exports, HCWS679, if his Department will retain responsibility for policy on the export of dual-use items.

There are currently no plans to change DBT’s responsibility for policy on the export of dual-use items.