Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her oral answer of 30 November 2023 on Arms Export Licences: Israel, Official Report column 1050, if her Department will publish the (a) classification and description of the goods, (b) stated end use and (c) licence type including (i) direct transfers and (ii) transfers via third countries of the 114 standard individual export licences granted for sale of military goods to Israel last year.

HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics on GOV.UK, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data also specifies whether the goods covered by a particular licence are for ultimate use by the destination country or whether the goods are due to be incorporated into another product for use by a third-party destination (ie incorporation licences).

This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.

The most recent publication was on 30^th August 2023, and covered the period 1^st January – 31^st March 2023. Information covering 1^st April – 30^th June 2023 will be published on 16^th January 2024.