Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 119022

Artillery: Ammunition

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth Durham

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

Luke Pollard
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...

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