Question follow-through · 95446
Gaza: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of UK military flights over Gaza since October 2023.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 5 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
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of UK military flights over Gaza since October 2023.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
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 and the wider Middle East has been published in its Annual Reports and Accounts for ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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