Israeli arms export licences, October 2023 to December 2024
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, that you please provide the following information on all arms export licences to Israel that were in effect at any time between the 7th of October 2023 and the 20th of December 2024, inclusive:
1. The licence type (e.g. SIEL).
2. The unique identifier of the licence (e.g. reference number).
3. The current status of the licence (e.g. active, expired, or revoked).
4. The date the licence was issued.
5. The date the licence expired, was revoked, or otherwise ended (if applicable).
6. The end-user entity (e.g. Israeli Air Force).
7. The end-use purpose (e.g. defence or training).
8. The type or types of equipment exported under the licence (e.g. firearms, aircraft parts, surveillance technology, etc).
9. The specific items involved in the licence and their quantities.
10. The monetary value of the licence.
11. The company or companies involved in manufacturing or supplying the items listed in the licence.
12. The date of the most recent risk assessment relating to the licence (if applicable).
13. The outcome of the most recent risk assessment relating to the licence (if applicable, e.g. approved, approved with conditions, or denied).
Please provide these data in a spreadsheet file to make it easier to analyse them. Thank you very much for your time and help.
Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard
DBT ref: FOI2024/12981
Dear Leo Pritchard
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 23rd
December. On behalf of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) your
request has been passed on to the appropriate official at DBT to process.
Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply at the latest by 24th January.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact the Information
Rights Unit. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any
future communications.
Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit
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Case Reference: FOI2024/12981
Dear Leo Pritchard,
We can confirm that the Department holds information falling within the
terms of your request. However, we need more time to consider your
request.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('the Act') obliges us to respond to
requests promptly and in any case not later than 20 working days after
receiving your request. However, when a 'qualified' exemption applies to
the information and an accompanying public interest test is engaged,
section 10(3) of the Act allows the time for response to be extended, in
which case a full response must be provided within such time as is
reasonable in all circumstances. In the case of this FOI request, we are
considering sections 22,36 & 44. However, this is not yet finalised and
will be subject to changes.
The Department has not yet reached a decision on the balance of the public
interest. Due to the need to consider, in all the circumstances of the
case, where the balance of the public interest lies in relation to the
information that you have requested, the Department will not be able to
respond to your request in full within 20 working days.
We hope to let you have a response by 21st February.
Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit
Department for Business and Trade | Old Admiralty Building| London SW1A
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To whom it may concern,
Thank you for your correspondence dated 24 January 2025 regarding my FOI request (reference FOI2024/12981). I appreciate your update on the extension to consider my request.
In light of this extension, I kindly request that you please change the time period in my FOI request from “between the 7th of October 2023 and the 20th of December 2024, inclusive” to “between the 7th of October 2023 and the 19th of January 2025, inclusive.”
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard
Dear Leo Pritchard,
At this stage in the process, it is not possible to extend the parameters
of your request. If you require additional information pertaining to the
time period after 20^th December 2024, you will need to submit a new
request.
Many thanks,
Freedom of Information Team
Text Freedom Of Information Team | Department for Business and Trade | Old Admiralty
Description Building | London | SW1A 2DY
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On 06/02/2025, 12:37, "Leo Pritchard" <[FOI #1218929 email] <mailto:[FOI
#1218929 email]>> wrote:
To whom it may concern,
Thank you for your correspondence dated 24 January 2025 regarding my FOI
request (reference FOI2024/12981). I appreciate your update on the
extension to consider my request.
In light of this extension, I kindly request that you please change the
time period in my FOI request from “between the 7th of October 2023 and
the 20th of December 2024, inclusive” to “between the 7th of October 2023
and the 19th of January 2025, inclusive.”
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Yours sincerely,
Leo Pritchard
Dear Leo Pritchard ,
Please find attached a response from the Department for Business and Trade
to your freedom of information request FOI2024/12981.
Kind regards,
Information Rights Unit
Department for Business and Trade | Old Admiralty Building | London | SW1A
2DY | E-mail: [email address]
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