Arms Trade: Israel
2026-05-20 · Department for Business and Trade · 3834 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of Israel’s degree of compliance with UK end-use arms export restrictions, and whether any deviations from stated restrictions have been recorded.
Answer
The UK’s approach to export licensing under the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria involves a rigorous risk assessment before a licence is issued. These checks consider the nature of the items, the end-users and proposed end uses, information on which is...