Question follow-through · 43841
Export Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help reduce the level of administration for companies applying for export licences.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help reduce the level of administration for companies applying for export licences.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is implementing a new digital export licensing system, LITE, to provide a modern digital service that streamlines the export licence application process. ECJU has an ongoing programme of Continuous Improvement and we r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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