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date	24/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether arms sales granted an export licence by the Government have been used by Saudi Arabia and their coalition partners in recent bombings which have resulted in civilian casualties in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	110627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>We are looking into recent reports of the impact of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen. We urge all parties to the Yemen conflict to exercise restraint and avoid further civilian impact and suffering. The Government takes its strategic export control responsibilities very seriously. The Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.  All licences are kept under careful and continual review as standard.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 27/01/2022 17:16:50 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1415869

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date	24/01/2022
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: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many arms export licences have been granted by the Government for exports to Saudi Arabia in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	110629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK containing detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This information is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data%0d" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data</a> and the most recent publication was on 12<sup>th</sup> October 2021, covering the period 1<sup>st</sup> April – 30<sup>th</sup> June 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Information covering 1<sup>st</sup> July – 30<sup>th</sup> September 2021 will be published on 11<sup>th</sup> February 2022 and information covering 1<sup>st</sup> October 2020 – 31<sup>st</sup> December 2020 will be published in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/02/2022 14:37:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna