Written question asked by John Stanley (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 September 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 October 2011. It was answered by Mark Prisk (Conservative) on Monday, 10 October 2011 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Arms Trade: Export Controls

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what further revocations of arms export licences have been made to countries in North Africa and the Middle East subsequent to those detailed in the document Cm. 8079; and if he will provide this information in the same format as in Annex 1 of Cm. 8079.

Answer

One such licence was revoked on 24 May 2011, as follows:

End user country	Annual report summary	Rating	Reason for revocation
Syria	Small arms ammunition	ML3	Due to the arms embargo imposed by the EU this licence was reassessed and found to contravene Criteria 1

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 71627; 533 c258W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Government response to the first joint report from the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Select Committees on Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and parliamentary scrutiny.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Command papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Arms trade Export controls
Contains statistics: Yes
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