Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft systems are currently operational.

Details of the number of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in the UK Armed Forces are published on an annual basis on the gov.uk website.  The most recent publication can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023

For reasons of operational sensitivity we do not release figures on the current availability of any platform.