Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 156379 on Russia: Defence Equipment, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK-manufactured dual-use equipment is not used by the Russian military.
The Government reviews all licence applications for the export of UK-manufactured military and dual-use equipment against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including an assessment of risk that the items will be diverted to an undesirable end-user or for an undesirable end-use. In addition, the UK ensures its arms exports are compliant with the Arms Trade Treaty, and international trade sanctions. Additional sanctions on the export of dual-use goods to Russia came into force on 1 March 2022.