Question follow-through · 35734
Thales: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made an assessment of the value-for-money of the award the contract to Thales Northern Ireland for lightweight-multirole missiles prior to the award of that contract on 2 March 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 5 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
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made an assessment of the value-for-money of the award the contract to Thales Northern Ireland for lightweight-multirole missiles prior to the award of that contract on 2 March 2025.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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10 Mar 2025
Answer published
Value for Money of the contract has been assessed in accordance with normal Departmental practice, including benchmarking, in addition to a bottom-up price assessment. In addition to UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) internal assurance the Ukrainian MOD have a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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