Question follow-through · 96767
Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 November 2025 on MOD Security Review, HCWS1103, how much his Department has spent on Remote Piloted Aerial Systems since 5 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 8 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
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 November 2025 on MOD Security Review, HCWS1103, how much his Department has spent on Remote Piloted Aerial Systems since 5 July 2024.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
Before April 2025 this information was not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs. I can, however, confirm that for this financial year we have approved £4.6 million on equipment, service and maintenance, and training on Remot...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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