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How end-use controls apply to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) related goods, software, technology and technical assistance.
When military end-use export controls apply and to which destinations.
The Cabinet Office spend controls help organisations to reduce unnecessary spend and encourage cross-government collaboration.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
Follow this guidance to request spend approval when buying or extending facilities management contracts, regardless of their cost.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for digital and technology activities.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Follow this guidance to create forward-looking pipelines for the current versions of the commercial and digital and technology spend controls processes.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Reports and data on export control licensing compiled by the export control organisation.
This policy summary outlines the objectives, benefits, scope, and the responsibilities of your organisation when using the Cabinet Office spend controls.
This Spend Control ceased as a requirement on 1st February 2023. Other Cabinet Office Spending Controls remain operational.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Export controls applying to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related activities - transfer of technology and provision of technical support
How the UK's strategic export controls apply to academics, university researchers and their institutions, and when an export licence is needed.
Guidance on the government’s personnel security and national security vetting policies and how the processes work.
The Cabinet Office aims to meet the following SLAs for approvals that use version 4 of the spend controls guidance.
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