Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to replenish the UK's uncrewed aerial system capacity in the context of such equipment having been sent in support of Ukraine.

The UK has procured a large amount of Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) for Ukraine, including a limited number directly from the UK’s existing inventory, and orders have already bene placed for replenishment of certain gifted-in-kind systems. Due to operational security, we are unable to provide additional detail about specific UAS systems gifted or replenished. We remain committed to providing further UAS to Ukraine and the Prime Minister recently confirmed that, as part of the UK’s £2.5 billion funding to Ukraine for the coming year, £200 million would be earmarked for UAS.