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Written Question
Aviation: Israel
Friday 13th December 2024

Asked by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of applications for exemption to allow civilian cargo planes that are (a) destined for Israel and (b) transporting munitions of war to overfly British sovereign airspace that have been (i) received, (ii) approved and (iii) rejected since 7 October 2023.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has the responsibility of issuing approvals for the carriage of munitions of war in civil aircraft. The CAA has not received any applications for exemption to allow civilian cargo aircraft that are destined for Israel and transporting munitions of war to overfly UK sovereign airspace.