Question follow-through · 36920
Armed Forces: Body Armour
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on replacing enhanced combat body armour for all deployed armed forces personnel.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence: Plymouth · 21 Oct 2025
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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
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on replacing enhanced combat body armour for all deployed armed forces personnel.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2025
Answer published
The safety of personnel remains the Ministry of Defence’s top priority and we are taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety of our forces and maintain operational readiness. Where it is appropriate, alternative body armour plates have been issued to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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