Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which weapons and equipment were licenced for sale to Israel on 18 May 2018.
Answered by Graham Stuart
No licences were granted for weapons on 18th May 2018 for export to Israel.
However, two equipment licences were granted – one was a Temporary export licence for military training equipment, which was issued for use in the provision of an aerial target for an air defence training exercise. Temporary exports are returned to the UK within the 12 month validity of the licence granted. The second licence was for information security equipment, which was issued for a street light control gateway.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value has been of UK arms export licences to Turkey issued in each of the last five calendar years.
Answered by Graham Stuart
All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.
The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) about export licences granted, refused and revoked on GOV.UK. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. These can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.
The data currently provides details of licences up to 30 September 2018. Information about the period 1 October to 31 December 2018 will be published on 16 April 2019 and data covering the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 will be published in July 2019.
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what official advice his Department provides to firms on doing business with Burmese military-owned and controlled companies.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade (DIT) helps businesses export, drives investment and champions free trade. DIT’s team in Burma supports UK companies in doing business with Burma.
On informing any British business of the challenges of operating in Burma, DIT staff explain that the export of goods or services to the Burmese military is governed by the EU arms embargo with Burma. The UK was instrumental in the tightening of these regulations. The British government supports the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business which provides practical advice to UK companies seeking to do responsible, sustainable and transparent business in Burma.