Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) Resource and (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits have been spent to date for Watchkeeper.

Spend to date figures to 31 May 2022 are:

Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (RDEL) – total of £105 million

Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) – total of £931.8 million made up of:

Demonstration, Manufacture & Initial Support (DMIS) - £913 million

In Service Support (ISS) - £1.6 million

Full Mission Simulator (FMS) - £17.2 million