Written question asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2009. It was answered by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Exports: Munitions
- Question
- To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 12 November 2009, Official Report, columns 644-45W, on exports: white phosphorus, which licences for exports to each country of destination were for munitions controlled in the (a) ML3a or (b) ML4a category.
- Answer
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As previously stated, although the Export Control Organisation within BIS has identified 67 licences for munitions designed to create illumination or act as an incendiary we are unable to categorically identify which, if any, of these licences are for munitions that contain white phosphorous. However, the breakdown of licences issued for each destination which were for munitions in the ML3a, ML4a, or both categories are as follows:
Country Total licences with ML3a Total licences with ML4a Total licences with both ML3a and ML4a Abu Dhabi (part of United Arab Emirates) — 2 — Afghanistan 1 1 — Australia — 2 — Bermuda — 1 1 Brazil — 1 1 Brunei — 3 — Canada 1 1 — Cyprus — 1 — Denmark — 1 — Estonia — 1 — Germany — 2 — Greenland — 1 — Honduras — 1 — Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — 1 — India — 1 — Iraq — 5 1 Irish Republic — 2 — Israel — 1 — Italy 1 — — Jordan — — 1 South Korea — 2 — Kuwait 1 1 — Latvia — 1 — Lithuania — 1 — New Zealand — 3 — Norway — 1 — Pakistan — 3 — Saudi Arabia — 5 1 Sierra Leone — — 1 Singapore — 3 — Sri Lanka — 2 — Thailand — 7 —
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 502 c338-9W; 304709
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Ammunition Exports
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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