{"value":{"id":1669944,"askingMemberId":400,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-11-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-11-16T00:00:00","uin":"1791","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what controls her Department places on the re-export of defence equipment.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1526,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-11-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK system is based on having a thorough risk-assessment process for the original export licence before the goods leave the UK. Export licence applicants are required to inform us of any intention to re-export the goods at the time of submitting their export licence application. It is an offence for an export licence applicant to knowingly make a statement which is false, and any licence granted on the basis of this would become void. This encourages exporters to be clear on their export licence applications about known re-exports to third countries.</p><p>We can and do refuse applications where there is a planned re-export that is inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, or where we assess that the goods may be diverted to an undesirable destination.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Defence Equipment: Exports","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1669944","method":"GET"}]}