Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original and (b) current timetable is for awarding bidders with funding from the International Fund for Ukraine.

Under the first round of procurement funded by the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), the aim was to inform suppliers as to whether or not their proposals were being taken forward from 14 December 2022. In the event, the Department received significantly more proposals from suppliers than anticipated, so the assessment process took longer than planned. The Defence Secretary announced the first IFU-funded capability package, with an expected value of around £200 million, on 15 February 2023 and the Department formally notified suppliers of the outcome of the first round on 20 February 2023. The Department is now negotiating and agreeing contracts with the successful suppliers.