Arms Trade: Israel

(asked on 2nd March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many of the non-suspended extant military licences to Israel as at 31 July 2025 identified as (a) being for and (b) supporting re-export to third parties outside of Israel are incorporation SIELs.


Answered by
Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 9th March 2026

At 31 July 2025 there were 167 extant licences that include military items. Of these 84 were identified as being for, or supporting, re-export to third parties outside of Israel. These exports are defined as those where Israel is not the Ultimate End-User country, or where the re-export nature of the shipment is made clear in the licence detail.

Of these 84 licences, 51 were Standard Individual Export Licences covering Incorporation scenarios. However, this is not the only relevant licence type. Other licence types, including SIELs for both temporary and permanent exports, can cover, for example, the demonstration and testing of components, in support of the production of goods for onward export.

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