Sarah Pochin MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Veterans: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will provide publicly funded legal representation for veterans required to participate in legal proceedings arising from their service in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Yes.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Strategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish a costed implementation plan for delivering the capabilities identified in the Strategic Defence Review.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), published on 30 June 2026, is the costed plan to deliver the vision and capabilities set out in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), setting out the investment choices the Government has made for UK Defence to 2035. The D...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Defence Nuclear EnterpriseMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of planned defence expenditure between 2026 and 2035 will be allocated to the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.
Answer: The Defence Investment Plan sets out £63.6 billion of planned investment in the Defence Nuclear Enterprise between financial years 2026-27 and 2029-30, excluding workforce costs. The proportion of the Ministry of Defence's budget spent on the Defence Nucl...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Nuclear SubmarinesMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £8.4 billion for the Dreadnought submarine programme on 30 July 2026, how much of that funding is additional to previously announced departmental spending se
Answer: The £8.4 billion was forecast within the Dreadnought cost envelope, as set out in the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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Defence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a year-by-year expenditure trajectory for meeting 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035.
Answer: The Government is committed to strengthening the UK's national security and meeting its NATO commitments. Defence spending is increasing significantly and is expected to rise by 27% in real terms between 2023-24 and 2029-30. From 2027-28 onwards, the UK w...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Education	3
Department for Work and Pensions	2
Home Office	33
Ministry of Defence	5
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	22
Ministry of Justice	7
Northern Ireland Office	3

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