HC Deb 16 May 2002 vol 385 cc779-80W
Harry Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) Standard Individual Export Licences and (b) Open Individual Export Licences have been issued for exports to Israel in each month since January 2001. [55794]

Nigel Griffiths

The number of Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) issued to end users in Israel in each month since January 2001 was as follows:

Month/year Number of SIELs Number of OIELs
January 2001 0 0
February 2001 46 0
March 2001 26 2
April 2001 25 3
May 2001 0 1
June 2001 0 0
July 2001 81 2
August 2001 17 4
September 2001 16 5
October 2001 25 5
November 2001 25 1

Month/year Number of SIELs Number of OIELs
December 2001 15 0
January 2002 13 1
February 2002 15 3
March 2002 20 1
April 2002 5 1

All export licence applications to Israel are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing criteria in light of the circumstances prevailing at the time. This means that we will not issue export licences where to do so would be in contravention of the Consolidated Criteria, including where there is a clear risk that the items might be used in internal repression, international aggression, adversely affect regional stability or prolong internal conflict.