Defence: Procurement

(asked on 20th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2026 to question 31417 on Defence: Procurement, what is his Department's contribution to the £8.6 billion in a) 2026-27, b) 2027-28, c) 2028-29 and d) 2029-30.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 26th October 2026

The breakdown for the £8.6 billion UK contribution to the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is outlined in the table below.

£ billion

2026-27

2027-28

2028-29

2029-30

Total

Capital

1.86

2.32

2.04

1.86

8.08

Resource

0.12

0.14

0.14

0.15

0.55

Total

1.99

2.46

2.18

2.01

8.63

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