European Fighter Aircraft: Saudi Arabia

(asked on 4th January 2016) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which export licences since 2008 relate to BAE Systems' Eurofighter Typhoon sales to Saudi Arabia; how much each such licence was for; whether each such licence is extant or has expired; and whether each such licence was used in full or in part.


Answered by
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Anna Soubry
This question was answered on 12th January 2016

Since 2008 six licences have been granted that relate to the sale of complete Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Four of these licences are linked. Where licences expired before they were fully exhausted the exporter submitted a new application to cover those aircraft not exported under previous licences. The values therefore relate to exports licensed rather than actual exports.


Typhoon transfers per year are declared in the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Reports and can be found on GOV.UK


Year

Value of Licence(s)

Licence Extant or Expired?

Licence used in full or in part


2009


£1,476,666,648


Expired


Used in part

2011

£1,555,833,315

Expired

Used in part

2011

£129,652,776

Expired

Used in full

2013

£1,564,666,650

Expired

Used in part

2015 2015

£1,564,666,650 £129,652,776

Extant Extant

Used in part Used in part





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