Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for second round bids for the International Fund for Ukraine.

The UK, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania and Iceland have contributed a collective total of more than £520 million to the International Fund for Ukraine, of which the UK has contributed £250 million. As previously announced, the first package of capabilities to be procured through the Fund has an expected value of around £200 million.

Over £300 million remains within the Fund and will be drawn down to fund capability packages resulting from Urgent Bidding Round two and subsequent rounds. Such decisions are taken by the Executive Panel (comprising the UK, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden) which oversees the Fund, rather than by the Ministry of Defence.

We continue to seek further funding pledges from our international partners to grow the fund to meet future requirements.