Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has invested in ground based air defence since 2010.

Ground based air defence (GBAD) is multi-layered posture that is flexible and scaled from man-portable point defence systems, through anti-aircraft munitions and Counter-Uncrewed Air System (C-UAS) technologies up to long range surface-to-air missile systems. There has been wide-ranging investment across the full range of ground-based air defence capabilities since 2010, including the Sky Sabre air defence system, and ORCUS C-UAS system, as well as many man-portable point defence enhancements. For investment in the Sky Sabre, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer for UIN 197359. However, with this multi-layered approach, detailed investment costings for all GBAD capabilities over a thirteen year period are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Over the next ten years, however, the Army plans to spend more than £3 billion on modernising its Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) capability.