To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average time was for an export license to be granted to a defence business from first application to approval in the latest period for which data is available.
During 2024, the median processing time in SPIRE for all completed Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) applications was 16 working days. On average, completed SIEL applications account for around 95% of all completed licence applications. We do not ...
Arms Trade: Exports