Question follow-through · 25382
Guided Weapons: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Spearcap 3 programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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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
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Spearcap 3 programme.
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The programme achieved a significant milestone with the successful first SPEAR guided firing conducted at the end of 2024, demonstrating progress despite the challenges outlined in the Infrastructure and Project Authority's Annual Report 2023-24, which re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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