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51 records in UK in 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
What steps he plans to take through the Defence Industrial Strategy to grow the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
What steps he is taking to improve defence relationships with European allies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
What steps he plans to take through the Defence Industrial Strategy to increase support for defence sector SMEs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
What progress he has made on appointing an independent Armed Forces Commissioner.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
What his target date is for increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve defence relationships with European allies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of waste in his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take through the Defence Industrial Strategy to grow the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to implement a NATO test for major defence projects procurement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with health and care stakeholders on the potential impact of the Strategic Defence Review on areas for which his Department is responsible; and whether his Department have
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to enhance interoperability between the Armed Forces and allied nations' forces on joint operations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to learn lessons from the implementation of (a) Strategic (i) Defence and (ii) Security Reviews, (b) Defence Industrial Strategies and (c) Defence Equipment Plans over the last 25 year
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to compare the (a) recommendations and (b) objectives of (i) Strategic (A) Defence and (B) Security Reviews, (ii) Defence Industrial Strategies and (ii)) Defence Equipment Plan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's procurement contracts have been awarded to UK-based manufacturers in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to promote the growth of domestic defence manufacturing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question HL1878 on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will publish the report of the review into equality, diversity and inclusion spending in the Armed Forces.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
I have today laid before parliament the 13th Armed Forces Annual Covenant Report. The 2024 report covers October 2023 to September 2024, and showcases the work that has been achieved throughout the UK in support of our Armed Forces community. Thank you to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Rt Hon John Healey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before parliament the 13th Armed Forces Annual Covenant Report. The 2024 report covers October 2023 to Sep...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024,to Question HL1878, on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will list each of the actions from the previous EDI review that were endorsed by his Department's People Committee.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve engagement with micro-sized technology companies through traditional prime contractors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to remove bureaucracy from defence primes to enable them to build out their ecosystems of (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized businesses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized technology companies in the early stages of development within the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure defence primes’ commitments to (a) apprenticeships and (b) graduate recruitment (i) are geographically balanced and (ii) extend opportunities to (A) micro, (B) small, (C) me
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures his Department is taking to help ensure the retention of UK STEM graduates within the highly skilled defence workforce.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM fields within the defence sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the RUSI Lecture given by the Chief of the Defence Staff on 4 December 2024, what steps his Department is taking to (a) streamline decision-making and (b) reduce business case approval timelines
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the RUSI Lecture given by the Chief of the Defence Staff on 4 December 2024, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support high-risk, high-reward technology experimentation and (b) track th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) number of each rank in post of and (b) requirement for each rank of medical service personnel was on 1 April 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with the Joint Civil Aid Corps (JCAC) to help improve the resiliency of the UK's civil defence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve its procurement processes to provide greater certainty for private sector defence investors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to simplify procurement processes to enable (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized companies to compete more effectively for defence contracts.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17490 on Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence, what the breakdown is between (a) public and (b) private sector involvement in the (i)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of disregarding payments from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme when calculating eligibility for Pension Credit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent high-skilled jobs from moving to Europe in the context of the potential closure of the Airbus Portsmouth site.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 17170 on Puma Helicopters tabled by the hon. Member for South Suffolk on 2 December 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help ensure NATO member states meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the houses bought from Annington are in (a) North Shropshire constituency, (b) Shropshire, (c) Staffordshire and (d) Telford and Wrekin.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government buys back 36,347 military homes to improve housing for forces families and save taxpayers billions, published on 17 December 2024, what his pla
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of standards of (a) maintenance and (b) repair work to (i) Single Living and (ii) Service Families Accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the response of Lord Robertson to Question 1 in the Defence Committee Session on the Strategic Defence Review, HC 484 on 3 December 2024, if he will list the political parties that have made a f
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December to Question 19375 on Strategic Defence Review, whether he plans to report the Strategic Defence Review to Parliament before 30 June 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the sustainability of supply chains in the defence industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to implement all the recommendations in the Haythornthwaite Review into Armed Forces Incentivisation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timeline is for full implementation of the Armed Forces Recruitment Partnership across the Armed Forces; and what the key milestones are.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to complete the evaluation phase of the Armed Forces Recruitment Partnership; and whether he plans to publish the findings.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17774 on Ministry of Defence: Capita, whether (a) penalties under and (b) adjustments to Capita's contract have been applied as a result of the (i) March and
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17774 on Ministry of Defence: Capita, whether the performance reviews of Capita in (a) March and (b) September 2024 made recommendations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December to Question 19373 on Armed Forces: Private Education, how much of the (a) £95 million and (b) £104.4 million will be used to fund the uprating of CEA in (i) 2024-25, (ii) 202
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18982 on Ministry of Defence: Employers’ Contributions, how much HM Treasury will contribute towards the increased cost of National Insurance contributions f
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference paragraph 4.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what his Department's priorities are for the planned £20 billion spending with UK industry in 2025-26.