Question follow-through · 112892

Sudan: Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure effective due diligence when assessing applications for export licences for UK military equipment that could be re-exported onwa

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
25 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure effective due diligence when assessing applications for export licences for UK military equipment that could be re-exported onwa

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the Urgent Question debate on this issue held on 15 December 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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