Question follow-through · 38085
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what method his Department plans to use for applying social value into defence procurement in the future.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what method his Department plans to use for applying social value into defence procurement in the future.
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned. As part of the Government’s primary mission to grow the economy and spread the benefit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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