Question follow-through · 25097
Strategic Defence Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department provided evidence to the Strategic Defence Review.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 31 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department provided evidence to the Strategic Defence Review.
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jan 2025
Answer published
On 30 July 2024, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) was invited, alongside other Government Departments, to provide written evidence to the Strategic Defence Review (SDR).DBT responded to that call for evidence on 23 September 2024. The findings ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Export Controls: Turkey
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Export Controls: Turkey
22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what defence export licenses to Turkey are under consideration.
Export Controls: Turkey
22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he last reviewed defence export licenses in place for Turkey.
Export Controls: Turkey
22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential of recent political unrest in Turkey on the consideration of (a) existing and (b) new defence export licenses.
Aerospace Industry: Visas
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the 90 day visa-waiver stay limitation per 180-day period on the UK aerospace industry.
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of UK citizens by occupation who reached the end of their 90-day limit for staying in the EU (a) since the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement came
Local Government: Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
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16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on parental eligibility for Neonatal Care Pay and Leave.
Carers and Parents
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Hotels: Competition
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure fair competition in the hotel market.
Hotels: Competition
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of fair competition in the hotel market.