Question follow-through · 41257
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to expand its procurement activities to UK Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Written Questions · 28 Apr 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Procurement · 2 Jun 2025
- Defence: Procurement · 5 Jun 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Termination of Employment · 9 Jun 2025
- Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions · 24 Jun 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
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to expand its procurement activities to UK Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make a vital contribution to economic growth and are a valuable source of technical innovation in defence. This is recognised in the Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, and the governments National Procurem...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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