Question· Written questionUIN 21474open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking in order to achieve a One Defence mindset.
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Question· Written questionUIN 21475open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the level of spending required to meet the threat and challenge faced by the UK.
Question· Written questionUIN 21476open
Arctic: Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies if the Arctic and High North are ice-free by 2040.
Question· Written questionUIN 21477open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 28 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what countries his department considers as emerging middle powers.
Question· Written questionUIN 21478open
Defence: Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what way his department plans to keep up with rapid advances in technology which may pose a risk to the UK.
Question· Written questionUIN 21479open
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in using AI to improve the quality and speed of decision-making.
Question· Written questionUIN 21480open
Defence: Cybersecurity
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review to improve the resilience of digital networks through AI, machine learning, and data science.
Question· Written questionUIN 21481open
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review to improve operational effectiveness through the use of AI, machine learning, and data science.
Question· Written questionUIN 21482open
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what does his Department consider to be the most significant potential risks to UK Defence of Artificial General Intelligence.
Question· Written questionUIN 21483open
Defence: Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what does his department consider to be the most significant potential opportunities to UK Defence of Artificial General Intelligence.
Question· Written questionUIN 21489open
Defence: Space Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review on space-based capabilities.
Question· Written questionUIN 21491open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the increase in the defence budget in the context of global threat levels.
Question· Written questionUIN 21492open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the level of sub-threshold aggression has changed since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 21493open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the SDR, whether the potential effects of war on the UK’s way of life has increased since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 21497open
Defence: Employment
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many high-quality defence jobs there are in the UK.
Question· Written questionUIN 21498open
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular personnel there are in the Armed Forces.
Question· Written questionUIN 21499open
Armed Forces: Health
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the regular personnel in the Armed Forces are medically downgraded.
Question· Written questionUIN 21500open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 33 of the SDR, what progress he has made on being optimised for warfare against a peer military state since the publication of the SDR.
Question· Written questionUIN 21503open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on integrating a whole-of-society approach to deterrence and defence since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 21504open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on increasing the UKs options for threatening retaliation since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 21505open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on building resilience to attacks and shocks since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review.
Question· Written questionUIN 21507open
Defence: Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK is able to meet its NATO Article III commitment with emerging technological developments.
Question· Written questionUIN 21509open
Defence: Departmental Coordination
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in cross-government cooperation to defend the UK.
Question· Written questionUIN 21510open
Defence: Innovation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in developing the UK’s defence innovation and industrial base to adapt to meet the emerging priorities and demands.
Question· Written questionUIN 21511open
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the split of UK defence's active presence across the four nations of the Union.
Question· Written questionUIN 21513open
Defence: Research
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in seeding early-stage research.
Question· Written questionUIN 21514open
Armed Forces: Innovation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review in identifying external innovation to ensure that the UK’s Armed Forces are at the leading edge of technology.
Question· Written questionUIN 21515open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Defence budget is spent on products from or companies operating out of China.
Question· Written questionUIN 21516open
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in moving from a joint force to an integrated force.
Question· Written questionUIN 21517open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, in what way is CDS balancing investment between front-line capabilities and the foundational enablers that sustain th
Question· Written questionUIN 21521open
Defence: ICT
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, since the publication of the Strategic Defence Review what progress has been made on using open architecture and shared technical standards.
Question· Written questionUIN 21522open
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, whether an annual statement has been submitted to the Secretary of State on force design to identify what has changed
Question· Written questionUIN 21523open
Armed Forces
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, whether his Department has undertaken an annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the Integrated Force model.
Question· Written questionUIN 21524open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made by his Department to a) protect digital spend as a no-fail priority and b) embed a cultur
Question· Written questionUIN 21525open
Defence: Digital Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, whether progress in establishing the fundamental capabilities of a core common platform under the authority of the Ch
Question· Written questionUIN 21526open
Defence: Digital Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made in delivering a digital targeted web in 2027, requiring access, in whole or in part, to a
Question· Written questionUIN 21527open
Defence: Digital Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 50 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what is the outcome of the Ministry of Defence report, due in July 2026, to the Secretary of State on the assurance o
Question· Written questionUIN 21528open
Defence: Digital Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025,whether the new Digital Warfighter group is established.
Question· Written questionUIN 21529open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in identifying the barriers to private sector investment in the defence sector.
Question· Written questionUIN 21530open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what new funding models have been identified to make defence innovators a more attractive proposition for private cap
Question· Written questionUIN 21531open
Defence: Innovation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, in what way does his department draw on the available S&T and innovation expertise to inform procurement decisions.
Question· Written questionUIN 21532open
Defence: Research
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 56 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what role other departments have played in providing contributions to the new Defence Research and Evaluation organis
Question· Written questionUIN 21533open
Defence: Finance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 56 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress his department has made in regularly revisiting key priorities, cutting projects that are not deliverin
Question· Written questionUIN 21534open
Defence: Technology
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 57 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what anchor partnerships with trusted universities have been made to leverage Government-funded world-class S&T more
Question· Written questionUIN 21535open
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 57 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made on a pivot to outcomes-based partnerships with start-ups, scale-ups and spinouts.
Question· Written questionUIN 21536open
Defence
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 57 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made on a pivot to outcomes-based partnerships with innovation organisations, private equity,
Question· Written questionUIN 21537open
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 58 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made since the Strategic Defence Review in engaging industry early in the procurement process
Question· Written questionUIN 21538open
Defence: Procurement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 58 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made since the Strategic Defence Review on ensuring suppliers are rewarded for their productiv
Question· Written questionUIN 21539open
Defence: Small Businesses
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 58 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress has been made since the Strategic Defence Review on removing barriers to collaboration, especially for
Question· Written questionUIN 21541open
Defence: Research
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 60 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, what progress the National Armaments Director has made on increasing coordination and collaboration with allies in an