Question follow-through · 39787

Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish details of all active export licences.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish details of all active export licences.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The status of an export license is subject to change at any time. Individual licences typically have expiry dates of 2 years (Standard Individual Export Licences) and 5 years (Open Individual Export Licences).Export licensing information is published in t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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