Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the written statement of 13 July 2026, HCWS226, on Ukraine Support, whether the purchase of UK defence equipment will count towards the Ukraine Support Loan programme requirement that 65% of the content is sourced from EU, Norway, Iceland or Ukraine; and whether any expenditure under the Ukraine scheme will count towards qualifying NATO spending.

The UK and the EU welcomed the agreement of UK participation in the EU's Ukraine Support Loan (USL) on 13 July, giving UK defence companies access to billions in potential investment funded by the loan, enabling Ukraine to procure from a larger pool of defence manufacturers, and demonstrating the UK's commitment to working closely with European partners on shared defence and security challenges.

The Council of the EU adopted the implementing decision for this agreement on 24 July, recognising the UK as eligible for third-country participation in the scheme meaning that Ukraine can use loan funding to procure defence products made in the UK.

Expenditure under the scheme does not count towards NATO qualifying spending.