Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK exported surveillance equipment to the Philippines in 2019.
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 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 31 March 2019. Information about the period 1 April to 30 June will be published in October 2019 and data covering the period 1 July 2019 to 30 September 2019 will be published in January 2020.
All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.