Written questions

Artillery: Ammunition

Commons · Question 119022 · Tabled 9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Luke Akehurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient artillery ammunition stockpiles for sustained operations in a peer-on-peer conflict.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 17 Mar 2026

The hon. Member will know UK stocks have been reduced from gifting to Ukraine since Putin’s full-scale invasion. The Strategic Defence Review sets out the plan to recover stockpiles - munition stockpile levels are actively reviewed to ensure current holdi...