Question follow-through · 5406
Challenger Tanks: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Defence spending uplift on the Challenger 3 programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Housing · 2 Jul 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Defence spending uplift on the Challenger 3 programme.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
Funding for specific programmes is considered as part of the Department's annual budget setting process. The Strategic Defence Review will report in the first half of next year and will set out recommendations on capabilities.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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