Question follow-through · 44918
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to retire the Royal Air Force’s MQ-9A Reaper drones; and whether he plans to donate any of those drones to Ukraine.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to retire the Royal Air Force’s MQ-9A Reaper drones; and whether he plans to donate any of those drones to Ukraine.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2025
Answer published
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 March 2025 to Question 38649.There are no plans to donate any MQ-9A Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems to Ukraine.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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