Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the the cost of the RAF's surveillance flights over Gaza, for each month from October 2023 .

The Ministry of Defence has been conducting unarmed surveillance flights over Gaza for the sole purpose of locating hostages.

While I am unable to disclose these costs for reasons of operational security and as a matter of policy, Defence operational spend in relation to the Israel-Gaza conflict for 2023/24 has been published in its Annual Reports and Accounts for that financial year online. The Department's accounts for 2024-25 will be published in due course.