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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure that regulations for parental and compassionate leave are communicated to personnel in each branch of the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether commanding officers receive training on implementing parental and compassionate leave policies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) parental and (b) compassionate leave requests were (i) refused, (ii) deferred and (iii) recalled in each branch of the armed forces in 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of moving parental and compassionate leave requests outside of the direct chain of command.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel took paternity leave, broken down by (a) branch of the armed forces and (b) age in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the retention rate is for armed forces personnel who (a) have and (b) have not taken paternity leave.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department maintains records of deferred Armed Forces pensions that have not been claimed on reaching pension age.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will review the decision requiring Army Caretakers to vacate tied accommodation by 31 March 2027 when some employees may remain in paid service until 31 July 2027.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processing rate of Pension Sharing Orders by his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Pension Sharing Orders are outstanding from his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the resilience of UK critical national infrastructure against attack in the context of the Kremlin's statement of 25 August 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with operators of UK drone and missile production facilities regarding (a) protective security and (b) business continuity planning in the context of the Kremlin's statemen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a year-by-year expenditure trajectory for meeting 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of planned defence expenditure between 2026 and 2035 will be allocated to the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish a costed implementation plan for delivering the capabilities identified in the Strategic Defence Review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill on future recruitment to the Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on strengthening supply chain data.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on building resilience of Critical Raw Materials for UK Defence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124889 on Defence: Development Aid, whether it remains his policy to spend 100 percent of the reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on def
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 July 2026
Veterans are being told that they have to pay thousands back to the MoD after a disastrous pension error occurred, estimated to be around £5.1 million. I’m calling for the MoD to have the pension overpayments written off, as the Veterans were not at fault for the incorrect calculations. Pensions were overpaid for years due to the error, and in some cases Veterans owe back more than £100,000. The problem was first identified by the MoD two years ago, but Veterans have only received letters this year detailing the money they owe. The Forces Pension Society said that there are 398 cases linked to incorrect National Insurance modification rules. The issue has been described as a “failure of leadership, oversight, process and quality assurance”
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative benefits of joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank as opposed to the Security Action for Europe scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using war bonds to fund defence and the impact on public debt.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism to fund defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether (1) joining the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, (2) joining the Security Action for Europe scheme, or (3) forming the Multilateral Defence Mechanism, would have an impact on
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in reforming environmental, social, and governance rules to ensure that they are not used by financial institutions to deny banking services, including loans, to the UK defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet the efficiency savings outlined in the funding package for the Defence Investment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to allocate further funding to the Defence Investment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the £4.7 billion of uncommitted funding in the Defence Investment Plan will be met at the next Budget.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Defence Investment Plan, published on 1 July, remains their policy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to review the Defence Investment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeline is for the Forward Blood Products plan to develop and procure dried blood products.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 26 on page 63 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, how his Department will measure whether the UK is the best place to export from and the most attracti
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Coaker on 28 May (HL194), what guidance the Army has given on this issue; and what approvals have been (a) accepted, and (b) rejected since July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 2672, what steps his Department plans to take on conclusion of the study on the impact of anti-malarial chemoprophylaxis on functional effectiveness of military p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated yearly budget is for the Defence Diplomacy network.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the national conversation campaign on defence and security.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned capabilities are of the Defence Medical Services in terms of a) capacity and b) specialised medical care.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he held with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the feasibility of delivering Project FAIRFAX in relation to the options for Local Government Reorganisation i
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 62 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, whether the plan to invest £130bn on Defence people between 2030 and 2035 is in his Department's budget.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the completion of medical records integration will be completed by Phoenix Partnership.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 24 on page 63 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026 on changes to procurement rules, what progress he has made on increasing the speed of defence procurem
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 26 on page 63 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the the steps being taken to continue to reform acquisition and contracting practi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 27 on page 64 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, if he will set out the planned reforms to reduce average time-to-contract for major platforms, modula
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 28 on page 64 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what steps he is taking to secure sovereign supply chains.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 28 on page 64 of his Department's Defence Investment Plan, published 30 June 2026, what steps his Department is taking to increase rapid scaling and implement robust and resilient supp
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is being undertaken to reduce levels of regulatory requirements to support the warfighter.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 23, what is meant by informed by AI.