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Ministry of Defence: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute; what t

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute; what t

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence and its Arms Length Bodies have no ongoing industrial disputes with Trades Unions.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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