James Cartlidge MP: written questions
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Uncrewed Systems: TestingMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to use the British Army Training Unit Kenya for the testing of uncrewed systems in the current Parliament.
Answer: British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) continues to be used for both training and testing activity, including for uncrewed systems, and will remain a location for the Army’s testing of such systems throughout the current Parliament. Financial YearNumbe...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKenya: ArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Army is currently utilising the British Army Training Unit Kenya.
Answer: British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) continues to be used for both training and testing activity, including for uncrewed systems, and will remain a location for the Army’s testing of such systems throughout the current Parliament. Financial YearNumbe...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKenya: ArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the British Army's use of the British Army Training Unit Kenya in the (a) current and (b) next Parliament.
Answer: British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) continues to be used for both training and testing activity, including for uncrewed systems, and will remain a location for the Army’s testing of such systems throughout the current Parliament. Financial YearNumbe...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKenya: Military ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises will take place at the British Army Training Unit Kenya in (a) the current financial year and (b) the next financial year.
Answer: British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) continues to be used for both training and testing activity, including for uncrewed systems, and will remain a location for the Army’s testing of such systems throughout the current Parliament. Financial YearNumbe...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordKenya: Military ExercisesMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises have taken place at the British Army Training Unit Kenya in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) continues to be used for both training and testing activity, including for uncrewed systems, and will remain a location for the Army’s testing of such systems throughout the current Parliament. Financial YearNumbe...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £240,600,000 cost of the MOD Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025 was budgeted in the (a) previous or (b) current financial year.
Answer: The £240,600,000 cost of the Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025 falls within the Department’s existing delegated budgets for the next three financial years. No separate HM Treasury approval was required, and the Agreement was funded ...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state when HM Treasury approved the budget for the MOD Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025.
Answer: There was no requirement for HM Treasury to approve a budget for the Palantir Enterprise Agreement signed on 30 December 2025.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the experimental stage of Atlantic Bastion to conclude.
Answer: Atlantic Bastion combines the latest autonomous and AI technologies with world-class warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid fighting force that will see ships, submarines, aircraft and uncrewed vessels connected. The scope of the capabil...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: PalantirMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he discussed the contract signed by his Department with Palantir on 30 December 2025 with the CEO of Palantir in his meeting in London on 28 September 2025 when the strategic partnership with Palantir was
Answer: No. The internal briefing provided to the Defence Secretary ahead of the 28 September meeting referenced the subsequent Enterprise Agreement. However, it was not discussed in the meeting itself on the 28 September. This meeting related solely to the annou...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantir: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he discussed with HM Treasury the cost of the contract signed with Palantir on 30 December prior to its signature.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence followed all required approvals processes ahead of signing the Enterprise Agreement with Palantir on 30 December 2025. This included HM Treasury, Cabinet Office and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. All necessary c...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: PalantirMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a cost impact assessment of announcing his Department's strategic partnership with Palantir on 18 September prior to signing a contract with Palantir on 30 December 2025.
Answer: The Strategic Partnership Arrangement announced on 18 September 2025 is a nonbinding statement of intent and did not create any financial commitments for the Department. The subsequent contract signed on 30 December 2025 followed the Department’s full com...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88735 on Schools: South Suffolk, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88736 on Special Educational Needs, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88737 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to procure a replacement for the Hawk jet trainer from a British company.
Answer: A plan to replace these aircraft will be detailed in the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan. All elements of this work, including the aircraft replacement, are progressing together. All decisions on future procurements will be made as part of the Defence...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98827 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, how much of the pre-concept funding for Atlantic Bastion had been spent as of 11 February 2026.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), when published, will set the funding envelope for the programme. The Atlantic Bastion capability options submitted for consideration in the DIP include a blend of uncrewed systems, underwater payloads, options to increas...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98827 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, how many contracts have been signed to deliver Atlantic Bastion as of 11 February 2026.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), when published, will set the funding envelope for the programme. The Atlantic Bastion capability options submitted for consideration in the DIP include a blend of uncrewed systems, underwater payloads, options to increas...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98834 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, whether Atlantic Bastion has a target delivery date.
Answer: Atlantic Bastion combines the latest autonomous and AI technologies with world-class warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid fighting force that will see ships, submarines, aircraft and uncrewed vessels connected. The scope of the capabil...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98834 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, whether all individual capabilities that form Atlantic Bastion will be required to reach full operating capability in
Answer: Atlantic Bastion combines the latest autonomous and AI technologies with world-class warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid fighting force that will see ships, submarines, aircraft and uncrewed vessels connected. The scope of the capabil...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98834 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, how many of the capabilities that will form Atlantic Bastion are (a) new and (b) currently in service.
Answer: Atlantic Bastion combines the latest autonomous and AI technologies with world-class warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid fighting force that will see ships, submarines, aircraft and uncrewed vessels connected. The scope of the capabil...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98834 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, if he will list the individual capabilities that form Atlantic Bastion.
Answer: Atlantic Bastion combines the latest autonomous and AI technologies with world-class warships and aircraft to create a highly advanced hybrid fighting force that will see ships, submarines, aircraft and uncrewed vessels connected. The scope of the capabil...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 98827 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, how many orders have been placed to deliver Atlantic Bastion as of 11 February 2026.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), when published, will set the funding envelope for the programme. The Atlantic Bastion capability options submitted for consideration in the DIP include a blend of uncrewed systems, underwater payloads, options to increas...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 98827 on Navy: North Atlantic Bastion, whether the Defence Investment Plan will set the funding envelope for the full delivery of Atlantic Bastion.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), when published, will set the funding envelope for the programme. The Atlantic Bastion capability options submitted for consideration in the DIP include a blend of uncrewed systems, underwater payloads, options to increas...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112827More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry during the Urgent Question on Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts of 10 February 2026, Official Report, column 691,
Answer: I refer you to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12th February, the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, and Oral Statement on the 23 February which set out an updat...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Counsel: PalantirCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112826More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he was aware that Palantir was a client of Global Counsel prior to the Prime Minister's visit to Palantir's headquarters in Washington DC on 27 February 2025.
Answer: The visit was part of the Prime Minister's trip to Washington. During this visit the Prime Minister listened to a short presentation about Palantir’s work, followed by a tour of the premises and an introduction to members of staff. Any contracts for any f...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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