Export Control Organisation
Details This guidance sets out the methodology Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) uses for data collection and compilation of its strategic export controls statistics . These reports cover export licensing decisions made by His Majestys Government (HMG).
Methodology and quality control procedures follow the UK Statistics Authoritys Code of Practice for Statistics .
The guidance covers:
the data sources used collection methodology classification and definitions data quality standards Published 21 July 2015
Last updated 30 August 2023
+show all updates 30 August 2023 Updated guidance to include up to date details on the SPIRE-LITE transition.
21 November 2022 Removed glossary section as per audit instructions.
7 October 2022 Updated to improve clarity, fix broken links and improve the example of calculating processing times.
11 February 2022 Updated quality and methodology information following changes to licensing systems.
16 September 2021 Update of content and conversion into HTML from pdf.
21 July 2015 First published.