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Defence Equipment: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has conducted a feasibility study on increasing domestic production of critical weapon systems.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has conducted a feasibility study on increasing domestic production of critical weapon systems.

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Strategic Defence Review will determine the roles and capabilities required by UK Defence to meet the challenges and threats of the twenty-first century. The Prime Minister’s February announcement that spending on defence will increase to 2.5% of GDP ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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