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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal for a European Rearmament Bank, and whether they plan to support its development.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the Single Intelligence Account they are redesignating as core defence spending.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department has spent on translating documents into languages other than (a) English and (b) other native UK languages in each year since 2023; and what these languages were.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on private finance initiatives in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65293 on Defence: Finance, if she will publish the average increase as a percentage of GDP spent on defence expenditure from 2027, excluding the addition of intelli
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 633, referencing spending 2.6% on defence from 2027, how much will be spent out of the defen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65293 on Defence: Finance, if she will publish the percentage of GDP spent on defence for each financial year since 2018/2019.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published in June 2025, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the development of Defence Growth Deals.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specific (a) Sikh and (b) Jewish options for a person’s ethnic group in data collection conducted by his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of banks and other financial institutions declining to provide financial services to UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises which operate in the defence industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled Government and business put forward "Team UK" approach to unleash defence sector's potential, published on 7 July 2025, how much in cash terms of the stated in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 62701 on Defence: Finance, when the Single Intelligence Budget was last included in the core defence budget.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 62175, tabled on 24 June 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of new jobs created in Northern Ireland as a result of increased defence spending.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that serving armed forces personnel living alone in service accommodation who are parents have time with their children.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has issued guidance to senior members of the armed forces on speaking at (a) conferences and (b) panels where (i) Ministers and (ii) media are present since July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Continuity of Education Allowance rates for the children of service personnel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of the total number of civil service personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence in each financial year since 1995.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason records of Service personnel previously dismissed from the Armed Forces for reasons of sexual orientation were ordered to be destroyed in 2010; how fully that policy of destruction was implemented
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans previously dismissed from the Armed Forces for reasons relating to their sexuality have applied to the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme since December 2024; whether the allocated funds will be
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding military compensation as income across the social security system.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on introducing duty of candour legislation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the use of Defence Bonds for financing military expenditure; and whether her Department has had recent discussions with financial investors on their
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 62703 on Defence: Finance, what the total financial quantum was of the elements of the single intelligence account which will be included in the Ministry of Defence budge
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July to Question 64518 on Armed Forces: Housing, whether the Defence Housing Strategy will be published before the rise of the House on 22 July 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of military promotion processes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that all Defence Medical Services medical officers undertaking Foundation Year (a) 1 and (b) 2 training within NHS hospitals receive (i) high-
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that armed forces GPs (a) maintain up-to-date skills in the delivery of emergency and urgent care and (b) have access to appropriate NHS (i) placements and (ii) train
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of food served in military catering contracts was sourced from the UK, in the latest period for which data is available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what leadership skills training is provided by the military to corporate leaders seeking assistance with upskilling their leadership teams.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support UK capability through defence contracts for the (a) development, (b) manufacture and (c) maintenance of critical defence (i) equipment and (ii) systems.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to invest in (a) new and (b) upgraded defence infrastructure projects in Northern Ireland in the next five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his Department's officials have met with representatives of Domo Tactical Comms in Hamble Valley constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to procure new defence stocks from UK companies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, if he will outline the responsibilities of the announced Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challenge
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, what the remuneration package for the announced Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challenge will be.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on fitting military vehicles with direct energy weapons to help protect from swarm drone attacks.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that single sex (a) living accommodation, (b) bathroom and (c) changing facilities for service personnel are compliant with the law.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, whether there was an official application process for the appointment of the announced Strategic Advisor an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, for how long the application process to fill the announced Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given by him to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, how many candidates were interviewed as part of the recruiting process to appoint the announced Strategic A
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence he gave to the Defence Committee on 2 July 2025, HC 973, if the Strategic Advisor and Head of Review and Challenge is a direct replacement for the Director of the Secret
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has appointed a Director of the Secretary of State’s Office for Net Assessment and Challenge.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to abolish the Secretary of State’s Office for Net Assessment and Challenge.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution during the debate on Defence on 2 July, Official Report, Column 327, whether the additional £5 billion spent on defence includes funding for Ukraine.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reported naturalisation of former members of (a) Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and (b) other extremist gr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of contracts awarded by his Department were given to (a) UK and (b) non-UK companies in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that SME firms with defence contracts are not de-banked by financial institutions.