Academic Technology Approval Scheme
(asked on 13th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Academic Technology Approval Scheme.
This question was answered on 13th December 2022
So far in 2022 we have received over 49,000 ATAS applications, of which only 824 remain beyond their target processing time. In order to process these numbers, staffing has been increased and a significant IT upgrade is underway. ATAS continues to be an essential tool to prevent sensitive UK technology from reaching military programmes of concern.