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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Transport

May. 01 2024

Source Page: £1.8 million boost for innovation to decarbonise freight
Document: £1.8 million boost for innovation to decarbonise freight (webpage)

Found: support from the Freight Innovation Fund include Royal Mail working with Skyports to deliver mail by drones

Select Committee
Royal United Services Institute, Transparency International UK, and Redress

Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: office tell me that they were noticing a deterioration in the quality of some of the technology in the drones

Written Question
Unmanned Air Vehicles: Crime
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a person (a) was interviewed and (b) had charges brought against them in connection with controlling drones above an ongoing crime scene in 2023.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not hold information on the number of interviews or charges in connection with controlling drones above ongoing crime scenes.

Commons Chamber
UK Armed Forces in Middle East - Mon 29 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) support de-escalation, culminating in the UK armed forces shooting down a number of Iranian attack drones - Speech Link

Written Question
Ukraine: Military Aid
Monday 29th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) lethal and (b) non lethal military aid donated to Ukraine since February 2022.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The UK's support to Ukraine has been and will remain steadfast and we have just announced our largest ever military aid package, which will be delivered over the next few months.

Since February 2022, we have delivered the following key capabilities. For operational security reasons we are unable to publish the full extent of the information requested. The announcement made by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 23 April is additional to the list below.

· 1,800 air defence missiles

· Over 4,000 drones including:

· Long range attack drones

· Strategic Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)

· Storm Shadow cruise missiles

· Squadron of 14 Challenger 2 Tanks with thousands of rounds of ammunition, plus armoured recovery and repair vehicles.

· 50 AS90 self-propelled 155mm guns hundreds of armoured and protected vehicles.

· 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition

· 6 Stormer vehicles fitted with Starstreak launchers

· Thousands of surface-to-air missiles including HMV Starstreak, LMM Martlet, ASRAAM, AMRAAM and others.

· More than 10,000 anti-tank weapons (including over 5,000 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank [NLAW] missiles, Javelin, Brimstone and others)

· Nearly 6 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 2,600 anti-structure munitions and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosive

· More than a hundred anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled artillery.

· Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

· 6 stormer air defence vehicles, using HVM Starstreak missiles.

· Counter-battery radar systems

· Communications equipment

· Electronic warfare equipment

· Medical equipment

· 3 Sea King helicopters

· 140 logisitics vehicles

· 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits

· 300 Armoured and protected mobility vehicles

· Cold weather equipment

· Body armour and helmets

· Electricity Generators

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: We urge Russia to translate its apparent concern for critical infrastructure into action by ceasing attacks in Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Document: We urge Russia to translate its apparent concern for critical infrastructure into action by ceasing attacks in Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council (webpage)

Found: Just this month as one example, Russia launched 82 missiles and drones destroying the Trypilska Thermal

Select Committee
UK Friends of Ukraine
 RFS0025 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Uzbekistan are parts of airplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, which can be used to make drones

Select Committee
State Capture: Research and Action
 RFS0009 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: these goods and technology through back channels, Russia’s capacity to manufacture fighter jets, drones

Select Committee
Business for Ukraine (B4Ukraine) Coalition
 RFS0007 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: A grotesque example is the bakery manufacturing combat drones in Russia, which was widely reported

Select Committee
Self
 RFS0001 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Given Russia and Iran’s collaboration on drones, ammunition, and other military technologies, It is