Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department invested in the research and development of hypersonic technology each year since 2010.

Research and Development (R&D) into new and emerging technologies - including hypersonic technology - is critical to the development of future battle winning Defence capabilities. Defence will invest over £6.6 billion in R&D over this Spending Review period, with a specific focus on areas such as AI, hypersonic and quantum technologies.

It is not possible to provide specific details on historic spend per year for hypersonic technologies owing to the Department's federated approach to capability development into weapons research.