Written question asked by John Stanley (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 May 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 May 2011. It was answered by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Monday, 23 May 2011 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Arms Trade: Exports

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1173W and 31 March 2011, Official Report, columns 475-76W, on the arms trade: exports, for which countries arms export licences have been revoked as a result of his Department's review of export licences announced on 18 February 2011 since 15.00 on 3 March 2011; how many (a) individual and (b) open licences were revoked in respect of each country; and what the date of revocation was in each case.

Answer: [holding answer 12 May 2011]: Since 15.00 on 3 March the following licences have been revoked:Libya"One standard individual export licence (SIEL) was revoked on 4 March."Bahrain"Bahrain was removed as a permitted destination from two open individual export licences (OIELs) on 4 March, three OIELs on 9 March and one OIEL on 30 March."Egypt"Egypt was removed as a permitted destination from two OIELs on 4 March and one OIEL on 12 May."The review is ongoing as we continue to monitor how the situation develops in this region.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 55031; 528 c469W;528 c466W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Arms Trade: Exports
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Written questions
House of Commons; Arms Trade: Exports
Thursday, 31 March 2011
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House of Commons
Subjects: Arms trade Export controls
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