James Cartlidge MP: written questions 2026
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Ministry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, who will write the SME Action Plan.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, whether the SME Action Plan will allocate funding to be spent with UK SMEs.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, whether the SME Action Plan will be allocated Departmental funding.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, whether the SME Action Plan will be published before the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, who is leading the production of the SME Action Plan.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, whether new staff have been employed to produce the SME Action Plan.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, whether work on the SME Action Plan has begun.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116533 on Ministry of Defence: Small Businesses, when the SME Action Plan will be published.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to publishing an annual SME Action Plan. The MOD's Action Plan is a key element of Defence’s work to improve opportunities for SMEs. Work led by a senior civil servant and civil servants from The Defence Office f...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116200 on Guided Weapons: Procurement, whether his Department has a target cost for the delivery of the hypersonic missile programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 March 2026 for Questions 116199, 116200 and 116201.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116200 on Guided Weapons: Procurement, when the early Strategic Outline Case will conclude.
Answer: Under the current Strategic Outline Case approval, the current phase is planned to report in early 2027, which will inform future choices.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air Programme: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116025 on Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure, how much of the £2 billion was spent on the development of the Tempest fighter jet.
Answer: The expenditure on the Future Air Combat System (FCAS)/Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) has supported concept development, enablers, technology maturation and capability demonstrations to deliver FCAS, including the core aircraft central to the system t...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air Programme: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116025 on Global Combat Air Programme: Expenditure, if he will provide an itemised breakdown of the £2 billion.
Answer: Over £2 billion has been spent on Future Combat Air System/Global Combat Air Programme (FCAS/GCAP) and the associated Team Tempest research and development programme. This can be broken down as follows: Concepting/Design – over £800 million Enablers and I...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAutonomous Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 116970 on Autonomous Weapons: Procurement, when the concept demonstration phase will conclude.
Answer: The UK concept demonstration phase of the low-cost air defence effector project under the LEAP initiative, as announced on 20 February, is due to conclude by the end of 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120898More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK’s latest defence expenditure return for 2025 has been published by NATO and can be found here. The UK’s final update for 2025 will be submitted by the end of December once the accounts have closed and have been audited.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120897More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK will complete its 2026 defence return in line with NATO's standard annual timetable. This will be due in May 2026, and NATO generally publish the returns in late summer.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120896More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK will complete its 2026 defence return in line with NATO's standard annual timetable. This will be due in May 2026, and NATO generally publish the returns in late summer.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120895More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK will submit its 2027 defence return at the next suitable point. NATO returns are usually required in May each year.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Social MediaMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 9 March 2026 on Middle East: Defence, Col 78, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of his Department's video on social media of a Britis
Answer: On 7 March 2026 we further highlighted our support for Ukraine through our maintenance, repair and overhaul systems facilities in Ukraine. These pioneering facilities are helping keep Ukraine’s defiant Armed Forces in the fight against Putin’s brutal atta...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March to Question 116530 on Diego Garcia: Military Bases, if he will list all treaties his Department has assessed that Mauritius could pursue a legally binding ruling.
Answer: I know the hon. Gentleman will recall that the previous Government began the negotiations on BIOT and held rounds of negotiations. He may perhaps also recall the rationale given by Ministers then. It is important that the UK Government is able to take leg...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119969More
Question: 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.
Answer: The UK's performance against the NATO spending targets will continue to be reported directly to NATO in the usual way. There are no plans to change this long-standing process.
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119968More
Question: 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.
Answer: Between February 2025 and 10 March 2026, there have been four multi-day workshops involving the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Health and Social Care and UK health services to explore the UK’s ability to deal with casualties across a range of scen...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMauritius: MinistersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March to Question 116021 on Mauritius: Ministers, whether any meetings have taken place between ministers from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel
Answer: No.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Social MediaMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 9 March 2026 on Middle East: Defence, Col 78, whether additional security measures were put in place following the removal of his Department's video on social media of a Br
Answer: On 7 March 2026 we further highlighted our support for Ukraine through our maintenance, repair and overhaul systems facilities in Ukraine. These pioneering facilities are helping keep Ukraine’s defiant Armed Forces in the fight against Putin’s brutal atta...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Social MediaMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 9 March 2026 on Middle East: Defence, Col 78, for how long was his Department's video of a British-run military repair facility in Ukraine on social media before it was rem
Answer: On 7 March 2026 we further highlighted our support for Ukraine through our maintenance, repair and overhaul systems facilities in Ukraine. These pioneering facilities are helping keep Ukraine’s defiant Armed Forces in the fight against Putin’s brutal atta...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Social MediaMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 9 March 2026 on Middle East: Defence, Col 78, who issued the instruction to remove the video on social media of a British-run military repair facility in Ukraine.
Answer: On 7 March 2026 we further highlighted our support for Ukraine through our maintenance, repair and overhaul systems facilities in Ukraine. These pioneering facilities are helping keep Ukraine’s defiant Armed Forces in the fight against Putin’s brutal atta...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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