Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 25 April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons his Department is allowing the export of components for the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle by Ultra Electronics without an export licence.
An export licence is required where an item is subject to strategic export controls. The controls apply to items listed in a “control list” (primarily the "UK Military List" or the "EU Dual-Use List"); where export of that item to a particular country is restricted or prohibited by sanctions in place against that country; or, where export of that item is subject to an “End-Use Control” (these apply to items which are not on any control list but where there are concerns that the items may be intended for use in connection with a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programme, or for a military end-use in a country subject to an arms embargo).
Items that do not fall within any of the above categories are not subject to strategic export control and therefore do not require an export licence, regardless of the ultimate destination or end-use of the item.
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