Question follow-through · 35296
Seas and Oceans: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities, in the context of recent submarine activity in British waters.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 3 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
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities, in the context of recent submarine activity in British waters.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
Protecting the UK and responding to threats in our territorial waters is a critical component of the Defence mission to protect the nation, and we constantly monitor activity within UK waters to counter and deter threats. The Royal Navy (RN) seeks to expl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support provided for families of serving personnel separating from their spouses.
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27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to provide stable family homes for children of serving military personnel whose parents have separated.
Members: Correspondence
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry of 24 October 2025, with the transfer to his department accepted on 3 November 2025.