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Arms Trade: Exports

Asked by Lincoln JoppConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 57527

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average time was for an export license to be granted to a defence business from first application to approval in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

During 2024, the median processing time in SPIRE for all completed Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 16 working days. On average, completed SIEL applications account for around 95% of all completed licence applications. We do not gather the median processing time per sector.

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