Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government in (1) how many cases, and (2) to what value, (a) military equipment, or (b) dual purpose equipment, useable in war conflict has been the subject of export licence applications for supply either (i) directly, or (ii) indirectly, to Sudan; and how many approvals have been granted in each of the last three years.
Answered by Earl of Minto - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
In the last 3 years, 1 export licence has been applied for and approved to Sudan that we have assessed as potentially useable in war conflict. The military goods in this licence were personal protective equipment for international humanitarian use and the value of the licence was £188,000. Please note that data from 1 January 2023 has not yet been published as Official Statistics by HM Government, therefore we have not included any information regarding applications processed from this date.
The Government assesses each export licence application against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and will not issue a licence where to do so would be inconsistent with the UK’s international obligations and commitments to respect arms embargoes and sanctions. The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 include provisions for licensing military items when they are for use by the UN for peacekeeping and, or humanitarian purposes.