Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the full scope of the work conducted under his Department's Science and Technology Oriented Research and Development in Missile Defence (STORM) contract.

The STORM framework delivers research covering analysis, experimentation, trials and technology/system development across all pillars of missile defence:

• Counter-proliferation - measures to minimise the spread of missile technology,
• Deterrence - measures to discourage the use of threat missiles,
• Counterforce - measures to reduce the quantity of missiles and supporting equipment / facilities available to an aggressor during a conflict,
• Active defence - measures to detect, track, intercept and disable/destroy missiles in flight,
• Passive defence - measures to mitigate and recover from the effects of threat missiles impacting on their target.