Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 39935
Guided Weapons: Procurement
Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Question
Alex Burghart
Conservative — Brentwood and Ongar
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release on the award of a £1.6 billion contract to Thales in Belfast for the manufacture of lightweight-multirole missiles, published on 2 March 2025, whether (a) an open
Answer
Luke PollardNeither a Prior Information Notice nor voluntary ex-ante transparency notice were published, noting that this procurement is excluded from applicable procurement legislation as it is pursuant to an international agreement between the UK and Ukraine.