Defence written question – answered at on 15 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department takes to (a) record and (b) monitor the subsequent use of arms systems and other weapons sold to foreign governments by UK companies.
The UK maintains a rigorous and transparent arms export control system, under which all export licence applications are assessed case by case against the Consolidated European Union and National Arms Exports Licensing Criteria.
UK end-use monitoring of UK-origin military goods takes place in three contexts. Firstly, the information gathering that takes place in making the case-by-case assessment of each licence application. This takes account of the past record of the proposed end-user. Secondly, detailed monitoring, review and reporting around incidents of concern, the results of which are factored into judgments about whether or not to revoke extant licences and issue new ones. Thirdly, general monitoring on a continuous basis, with information received in-country being fed back to the export licensing and other relevant Departments in London. Foreign and Commonwealth Office posts abroad play an active and vital role in monitoring.
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