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Defence Equipment: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s air defence systems for defending critical infrastructure.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
26 Jul 2024
Answer
1 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s air defence systems for defending critical infrastructure.

  2. 26 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is reviewing its air defence capabilities and contribution to wider national defence as part of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and is in close collaboration with other Government Departments to help develop the future pro...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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