Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for defence to increase the (a) amount of support provided to Ukraine and (b) number of sanctions imposed on Russia.

Alongside our allies, we are united in support for Ukraine, and continue to provide economic and defensive support. On 30 June the UK announced a further £1 billion of military support which includes weapons, equipment and training to Ukraine, bringing the total since the outbreak of war to £2.3 billion. We do not speculate on future designations, or on cross-government discussions on potential targets. We have now sanctioned over 1000 individuals, and over 100 businesses since Putin's invasion of Ukraine. This includes oligarchs worth £117 billion. We have also implemented freezes on 18 of Russia's major banks with global assets worth £940 billion, and in conjunction with our partners we have frozen over 60% of Russian Central Bank reserves, worth £275 billion. We will continue to put more pressure on Putin's regime, including through further sanctions designations along with the humanitarian, economic and military support we are providing to Ukraine.