Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 7 November 2022, who the parties are to the Government’s recently signed contract on NLAWs.

A tranche of several hundred NLAW missiles will be delivered to UK stockpiles from 2023. We remain on schedule to sign a contract for a larger subsequent order imminently. It is not possible to comment further on the exact details and costs of establishing individual contracts, as this information is both commercially and operationally sensitive.