Written question asked by Ruth Cadbury (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 February 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 7 February 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 February 2022 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Standard Individual Export Licences: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100568 on Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates and with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of those changes on numbers of standard individual export licences to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) United Arab Emirates.

Answer: It is not possible to predict the future number or value of applications for particular countries, as this is determined by industry submitting export licence applications, which will then be assessed on a case-by-case basis against our robust Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 115936
Session: 2021-22
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Written statements
House of Commons; Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
Thursday, 13 January 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Arms trade Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Standard individual export licences
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk