Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK develops sovereign capability in defence systems.
Answer: The UK recognises the importance of ensuring resilience and choice across our most critical of military capabilities. This reflects the approach to long term national security set out in the Strategic Defence Review: ensuring we are integrated into NATO f...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
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DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential strategic risk of UK reliance on foreign technologies for critical defence systems.
Answer: The UK recognises the importance of ensuring resilience and choice across our most critical of military capabilities. This reflects the approach to long term national security set out in the Strategic Defence Review: ensuring we are integrated into NATO f...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
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Armed Forces: UniformsMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his department will provide a timetable for reviewing the continued use of real bearskin in military ceremonial uniforms.
Answer: The current cost of a bearskin cap is £2,460 including VAT. Whilst the longevity of caps varies depending on how they are maintained, this can be up to and in excess of 20 years. The Department has not yet identified a synthetic alternative that meets the...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
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Armed Forces: UniformsMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his department has made of the comparative lifetime cost of (a) real bearskin caps and (b) identified synthetic alternatives.
Answer: The current cost of a bearskin cap is £2,460 including VAT. Whilst the longevity of caps varies depending on how they are maintained, this can be up to and in excess of 20 years. The Department has not yet identified a synthetic alternative that meets the...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
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Government Departments: Armed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of extending the armed forces covenant legal duty on resources in Government departments.
Answer: In collaboration with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is co-developing a burdens assessment to understand the potential impacts on Local Authorities. In addition...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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Armed Forces CovenantMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide adequate (a) staffing and (b) budget to implement the extension of the armed forces covenant legal duty.
Answer: In collaboration with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Local Government Association, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is co-developing a burdens assessment to understand the potential impacts on Local Authorities. In addition...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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Israel Defense Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israel Defence Forces personnel have received training in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer: Fewer than ten Israel Defence Forces (IDF) personnel have been trained on non-combat military academic courses in the UK each year since 2020. The exact number of IDF personnel is being withheld in order to protect personal information and to avoid prejud...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to review the policy on compensation for families of nuclear test veterans.
Answer: This Government recognises the huge contribution that Nuclear Test Veterans have made to national security and is committed to working with Veterans and listening to their concerns. We have amended the criteria for the commemorative Nuclear Test Medal and...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
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Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated compensation scheme for UK nuclear test veterans.
Answer: This Government recognises the huge contribution that Nuclear Test Veterans have made to national security and is committed to working with Veterans and listening to their concerns. We have amended the criteria for the commemorative Nuclear Test Medal and...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
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Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of involvement in UK nuclear weapons testing programmes between 1952 and 1991 on the long-term health of veterans.
Answer: This Government recognises the huge contribution that Nuclear Test Veterans have made to national security and is committed to working with Veterans and listening to their concerns. We have amended the criteria for the commemorative Nuclear Test Medal and...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	9
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	3
Department for Education	25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	6
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	35
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	6
Department for Transport	8
Department for Work and Pensions	15
Department of Health and Social Care	80
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	14
Home Office	15
Ministry of Defence	10
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	23
Ministry of Justice	7
Treasury	10
Women and Equalities	1

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