The information requested is as follows.
Number of cases where a decision on the application for an export licence was deferred 1997-98 15 1998-99 17 1999-2000 13 2000-01 34 2001-02 130 2002-03 23 2003-04 9 2004-05 25 2005-06 17 1 Excludes one case where item was originally thought to meet the Waverley Criteria but was subsequently found to have been imported into the UK within the last 50 years.