Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 104581
Academic Technology Approval Scheme
Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026
Question
Alex Sobel
Labour (Co-op) — Leeds Central and Headingley
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a service standard for decisions on Academic Technology Approval Scheme certificate applicatio
Answer
Stephen DoughtyMost Academic Technology Approval Scheme applications are straightforward and 98 per cent of applications during the past year were processed within 30 working days. No new service standard is therefore considered necessary at this time.