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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on UK's participation in the SAFE defence fund; and when he expects a decision to be made on the conditions under which UK defence firms can take part i
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the (a) European Commission and (b) European Defence Agency on UK-EU defence industrial cooperation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61866 on Armed Forces: Buildings, if he will make an estimate of the cost of answering that Question.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the retention bonuses for tri-service aircraft engineers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61042 on Armed Forces: Firearms, when analysis into optimum levels of lethality in small teams will be (a) completed and (b) published.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for setting out how the UK will fund GDP on defence expenditure of (a) 3 percent in the next Parliament and (b) 3.5 percent by the Parliament after next.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Universal Credit health element claimants are (i) current and (ii) previous members of the UK Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from devolved administrations on the potential impact of extending the Armed Forces Covenant Duty to more policy areas.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the document entitled Armed Forces Covenant Duty Statutory Guidance, published on 8 November 2022 among (a) Departments, (b) local authorities and (c) other public
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release Largest ever UK defence AI trial conducted across land, sea and air, published on 25 May 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the cyber security risks of inc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to deliver pioneering battlefield system and bolster cyber warfare capabilities under Strategic Defence Review, published on 29 May 2025, how the starting salary fo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to (a) amend and (b) review the definitions of (i) defence and (ii) national security spending, for the purposes of (A) statistical and (B) NATO targets.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 45, clause 15, of the National Security Document 2025: Security for the British people in a dangerous world, if she will list (a) all government departments that will be included in the commit
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 45, clause 15, of the National Security Document 2025: Security for the British people in a dangerous world, whether the announced 2.6 percent of defence spending from 2027 will include any ex
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government press release entitled UK to deliver on 5% NATO pledge as Government drives greater security for working people, published on 23 June 2025, how much of the 4.1 percent of GDP spent i
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 45, clause 15, of the National Security Document 2025: Security for the British people in a dangerous world, whether the announced 2.6 per cent of defence spending from 2027 will be classified
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
To ask His Majesty's Government how much it would cost to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of gross domestic product.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2025
A Bill to require parliamentary approval for the deployment of UK armed forces outside the UK; to provide for exemptions from that requirement in cases of emergency or in respect of compliance with treaty obligations; to make provision for retrospective parliamentary approval in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60122 on Armed Forces: Buildings, if he will list the locations of his Department's seven sites in Fylde constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 59107 on Defence: Finance, if he will specify the total financial quantum of the elements of the FCDO’s programming budget
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 59107 on Defence: Finance, whether the elements of FCDO’s programming budget will be formally included in the defence budge
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the restriction on people linked with (a) Palestine Action and (b) similar groups from going near civilian defence manufacturing si
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the defence investment plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on issuing Armed Forces Pension Scheme Remediable Service Statements to all members who require one by 30 September 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increases to employers’ National Insurance contributions on the defence industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department uses non-deterministic systems.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what proportion of the 1,700 people who responded to the call for evidence were (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the views of junior ranks and underrepresented groups within the armed forc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57929 on Armed Force: Recruitment, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new gap year schemes in attracting recruits from underrepr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 2025 June to Question 57929 on Armed Force: Recruitment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the accelerated recruitment process maintains rigorous standards in (a) tra
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57929 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, whether the Department plans to set out (a) specific targets and (b) timelines for improving recruitment and retention in eac
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57936 on Strategic Defence Review, whether the findings from the internal survey and call for evidence were published or summarised.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the current allowance package in meeting the cost-of-living differen
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, whether he considered introducing a specific financial incentive or hardship allowance for service personnel deployed to operat
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57928 on Armed Force: Deployment, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the impact of overseas postings on retention rates among service personnel; and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) social media promotions, (b) influencer marketing and (c) online advertising in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing Lancashire Police an uplift in support to increase capability of defending civilian defence manufacturers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question (a) 59988 on Grumman E-2 Hawkeye: Procurement, (b) 59989 on Boeing E-7: Procurement, (c) 59990 on Boeing E-7: Procurement and (d) 59991 on Boeing E-7: Cost Effectiveness, tabled o
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, whether there is a standard process for vetting (a) tenants or (b) leaseholders of Ministry of Defence properties.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, how many of those properties are in Fylde.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military support his Department provides to protect (a) buildings owned by and (b) personnel working for civilian defence contractors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June to Question 60125 on Armed Forces: Buildings, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing formal (a) criteria and (b) guidelines for leas
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for the defence industry in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 years
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been (a) received and (b) resolved from residents living in his Department's properties that are leased to third parties in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58934 on Armed Forces: Vacancies, what the ranks of the unfilled posts are; and how long they have been unfilled.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the armed forces provided training to in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and which armed service provided that training.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did the Armed Forces cease to offer gap year commissions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many service family accommodation homes the presence of asbestos has been reported in (a) Shropshire and (b) North Shropshire constituency in each year since 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to improve the UK defence industrial base in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands.