Question follow-through · 17408
Uncrewed Systems: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percent of the total defence budget is spent on uncrewed systems.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 11 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
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percent of the total defence budget is spent on uncrewed systems.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
As part of the largest ever drone investment in Defence, we are spending over £5 billion on autonomous systems by 2030. Based on current plans, this equates to approximately 1.7% of the expenditure set out in the Plan's four-year funding period. I would e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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