Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure sufficient production and supply of munitions to (a) maintain the UK's defence stockpiles and (b) support the Ukrainian military.

The Ministry of Defence continually manages and reviews all of its stocks of weapons and munitions to ensure that it can meet its commitments, including supplying to Ukraine whilst ensuring UK Armed Forces stocks are sufficiently maintained. These considerations have also informed the numbers of munitions supplied to Ukraine. There are regular strategic supplier conversations throughout Defence and the department is fully engaged with industry, allies and partners to ensure that equipment and munitions granted in kind from UK stocks are replaced as quickly as possible.