Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percent of the total defence budget is spent on uncrewed systems.

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 expect this to increase further as the technologies, tactics and platforms mature.