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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether procurement contracts issued by the Ministry of Defence must include provisions relating to (a) diversity, equality and inclusion and (b) climate change or sustainability targets or reporting requirements
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, when the UK's return for 2027 is due.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, whether the UK's return for 2026 has been produced.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, when the UK's return for 2026 is due.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, what the UK's return for 2025 was.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of contracts have been awarded by his Department in this Parliament under the terms of the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 in each month since they came in to force; and with
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s military capability to defend the Falkland Islands from potential aggression.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the force levels are at RAF Mount Pleasant; and whether he plans to review them.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last conducted a review of the UK’s defence posture in the South Atlantic; and whether he plans to commission a new assessment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on how lessons from Ukraine’s wartime innovation are informing UK defence policy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that financial services firms operating within the defence supply chain, and their employees, are adequately protected from threats and incid
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by when will his department answer question 113295, published on 12 February 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of defence jobs in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy’s Phalanx CIWS is authorised to use lethal force.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which directive within the Ministry of Defence authorises the use of the Royal Navy’s Phalanx CIWS in a fully automated capacity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026 to question 106075, what progress he has made on providing a full response.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve research and innovation in the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve research and innovation in the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the difference in time horizons between venture capital of three to four years, and defence procurement cycles that exceed a decade, on private investment in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the level of economic growth required to support long-term defence spending commitments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce additional weaponry on the Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government whether armed forces recruitment targets are being met.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask His Majesty's Government why the publication of the Defence Investment Plan has been delayed.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy T45 Destroyers have been upgraded with Sea Ceptor CAMM.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
We ask the UK Government to create a national framework so every UK Armed Forces veteran funeral is offered recognition from the Armed Forces community, such as a standard bearer or veteran representative. Many UK Armed Forces veterans are buried without formal recognition of their service. While some funerals include standard bearers or representatives from veteran organisations, this depends on local arrangements and family awareness. A national framework could help ensure every veteran's funeral receives the opportunity for recognition while respecting families' wishes. It would also help ensure families know recognition is available for those who served.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March to Question 115855, whether there has been more than one version of the Defence Investment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why the publication of the latest Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics has been delayed.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 115531 on Defence: Finance, whether (a) his Department or (b) other Government Departments identified where 0.47% of GDP spent not included in the table will come fro
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 115508 on Strategic Defence Review, how many workshops have taken place involving MOD, DHSC and UK health services as of 10 March 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, whether the 0.47% of GDP spent not included in the table will be outlined in a formal Government document.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy service personnel to the Middle East in a peacekeeping capacity.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has authorised any changes to the deployment of British service personnel in the High North since 28 February 2026.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date did the partnership between Palantir and the UK armed forces start.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of the deployments issued by his Department to the Middle East since 1 January 2026, and the date they were issued.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 62 recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review have been implemented.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
Implement a new law that makes it against the law to run to be a member of parliament unless you have done 3 years of public service or 2 years in the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what precautions are in place to avoid security breaches originating from his Department's social media channels.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support defence SMEs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 88 of the policy paper entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan, published on 14 July 2025, how many meetings have been attended by civil servants within their Department in relat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve military housing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age for deployable service-personnel to 16.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to announce the five technical excellence colleges linked to defence skills competition being run by his Department and the Department for Education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support semiconductor research relevant to defence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is his Department taking to support a resilient supply of semiconductors to support sovereign defence capabilities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms exist within his Department to capture and integrate lessons from Ukraine’s battlefield experience into UK defence planning and capability development.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the medical capacity of the armed forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the retention payment introduced by the armed forces to private soldiers and lance corporals in 2025 on recruitment and retention of personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits to the UK industrial base by fostering closer cooperation with EU defence initiatives.