Written questions

Standard Individual Export Licences

Commons · Question 26771 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Ashley Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average length of wait was to receive the result of an application for a Standard Individual Export Licence using the SPIRE system between January to July 2024.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 12 Feb 2025

Between 1 January and 30 June 2024, the median processing time for Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications submitted on SPIRE and processed to first outcome was 16 working days.The Export Control Joint Unit’s (ECJU) current performance targ...