To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many companies based in the UK are authorised to export riot control (a) agents and (b) equipment to the US under open general export licences; and if she will list the names and addresses of those companies.
Answered on
17 June 2020
Open General Export Licences (OGELs) that permit registered users to export items to countries including the United States of America, whose scope may include riot control equipment and/or agents, are:
- Exports of non-lethal Military and Dual-Use Goods: To UK Diplomatic Missions or Consular Posts.
- Military Goods, Software and Technology: Government or NATO End-Use.
- EU General Export Authorisation (EU001).
- Military and Dual-Use Goods: UK Forces deployed in non-embargoed destinations / Military and Dual-Use Goods: UK Forces deployed in non-embargoed destinations – from December 2019.
- Export For Exhibition: Military Goods / Export For Exhibition: Military Goods – from December 2019.
- Military Goods: For Demonstration / Military Goods: For Demonstration – from December 2019.
- Export After Exhibition or Demonstration: Military Goods.
- Export After Repair/replacement Under Warranty: Military Goods / Export After Repair/Replacement Under Warranty: Military Goods – from June 2019.
- Export For Repair/Replacement Under Warranty: Military Goods / Export For Repair/Replacement Under Warranty: Military Goods – from December 2019.
- Exports or transfers in support of UK Government Defence Contracts / Exports or transfers in support of UK Government Defence Contracts – from June 2019.
- Export After Repair/Replacement Under Warranty: Dual-Use Items.
- Historic Military Goods / Historic Military Goods – from December 2019.
- Military Components.
- OGEL (Certified Companies).
- OGEL (Exports under the US-UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty).
These OGELs are published on GOV.UK. The numbers of registrations for OGELs in a period are published as Official Statistics on GOV.UK.
However, a list of all names and addresses of companies that are authorised to export riot control agents and/or equipment can only be provided at disproportionate costs. Furthermore, such information may be commercially sensitive.