To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 217627, on Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia, on what dates his Department has reviewed the three extant Open Individual Export Licences for the export of missiles to Saudi Arabia since those licences were granted.
Answered on
5 March 2019
Extant licences are reviewed in circumstances where the assessment of the licensing position under the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria changes. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the licensing position is kept under careful and continual review.
Our export licensing system allows us to respond quickly to changing facts on the ground and we have powers to revoke or suspend licences if our assessment of the licensing position changes.