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1465688

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis she made the decision to lift restrictions on arms sales to Turkey; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	8939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Government is satisfied that decisions on licence applications to Turkey can be taken, by following a careful assessment against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework and take into account a full range of factors such as our international obligations, including the Arms Trade Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>These are not decisions we take lightly. We will not issue any export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with the Criteria.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 06/06/2022 13:53:06 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1360889

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are currently granting licences for arms exports to Turkey; and what plans they have, if any, to suspend the issue of new licences.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL3157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Licences for arms exports continue to be issued to Turkey, but only where they are consistent with the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/turkey-military-action-in-syria-urgent-question-opening-statement" target="_blank">Oral Statement to Parliament</a> on 15<sup>th</sup> October 2019 made by my right hon. Friend the then Foreign Secretary, which clarifies that no export licences are currently being issued to Turkey for items that might be used in military operations in Syria.</p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all Relevant factors at the time of the application, including how the goods will be used.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government publishes official statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) about export licences on GOV.UK including detailed information on the type of export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 22/10/2021 10:18:29 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1242288

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to change their policy on granting arms export licences to Turkey in the light of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
tabling member printed	Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court
uin	HL9051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, last updated in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25<sup>th</sup> March 2014, remains the policy for assessing all licence applications.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor developments in the region closely and will uphold our robust export control regime; an export licence would not be granted if it was inconsistent with any of the Criteria. This includes Criterion 1, which ensures Britain meets her international obligations and commitments, such as the arms embargos on Armenia and Azerbaijan established by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 21/10/2020 11:34:40 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	4586 label Biography information for Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court

1166811

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many licences for the export of military material from the UK to Turkey have been suspended since 9 October 2019; what equipment those licences were for; and what the financial value of those licences was.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	6443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member for Glasgow South to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Glasgow South West on 24 October 2019, UIN: 2890.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/11/2019 18:07:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1152034

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 October (HL Deb, col 25), when they expect to complete the review of arms export licences to Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keeping defence exports to Turkey under careful and continual review. We are monitoring the situation in Syria very closely and are considering the licensing position in the light of recent developments. No further export licences to Turkey for items which might be used in military operations in Syria will be granted while we do so.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 29/10/2019 15:51:36 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1156273

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many extant (a) single individual export licences and (b) open individual export licences there are for which the end-user is Turkey; and if she will make it her policy to suspend them.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	4979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>As of 25 October, there are a) 504 Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) [of which 331 include military rated items] and; b) 95 Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) [of which 64 include military rated items] that are extant for which Turkey is the end user.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the situation in Syria very closely and are considering the licensing position in the light of recent developments. No further export licences to Turkey for items which might be used in military operations in Syria will be granted while we do so.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/10/2019 10:05:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1151137

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a suspension of arms sales to Turkey as a result of Turkish operations in northern Syria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	2890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor the situation in Syria very closely and is considering the licensing position in the light of recent developments. No further export licences to Turkey for items which might be used in military operations in Syria will be granted while we do so.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2019 10:17:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1149208

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of compliance with arms export licence criteria of weapons sold to Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>All export licence applications, including for Turkey, are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all relevant factors at the time of the application, including how the goods will be used.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor the situation in Syria very closely and is considering the licensing position in the light of recent developments. No further export licences to Turkey for items which might be used in military operations in Syria will be granted while we do so.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/10/2019 11:00:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1082373

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value has been of UK arms export licences to Turkey issued in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	228768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) about export licences granted, refused and revoked on GOV.UK. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a></p><p>The data currently provides details of licences up to 30 September 2018. Information about the period 1 October to 31 December 2018 will be published on 16 April 2019 and data covering the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 will be published in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/03/2019 15:52:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law