Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

(asked on 6th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the three extant Open Individual Trade Control Licences for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia, who manufactured those bombs and missiles; how many have been transferred under the Licences in each year since those Licences were granted; and what the value is of each such transfer in each of those years.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
This question was answered on 11th February 2019

No Open Individual Trade Control Licences have been granted for bombs and missiles to Saudi Arabia.

We believe the question was intended to ask about the three Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs), relating to Storm Shadow and Brimstone air-to-surface missiles, manufactured by MBDA and Paveway bombs, manufactured by Raytheon.

We do not hold data for the number of weapons exported under an OIEL each year. OIEL applications do not include values because OIELs are generally not restricted by quantity.

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