Question follow-through · 109900
Journalism: Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many items of protective body armour his Department has supplied for use by journalists operating in Gaza since October 2023.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many items of protective body armour his Department has supplied for use by journalists operating in Gaza since October 2023.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade does not supply body armour, and the export of body armour for personal protection when accompanying its user (for their own use) is not subject to export control. Nonetheless the Department has approved 12 licences f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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