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Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's Security Action for Europe procurement programme of the effectiveness of the UK’s defence procurement; and what assessment he has made o

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's Security Action for Europe procurement programme of the effectiveness of the UK’s defence procurement; and what assessment he has made o

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    This is a critical moment for the security of Europe. We welcome European efforts to increase defence spending, through the ReArm initiative and proposed Security Action for Europe (SAFE) mechanism. This must be a whole-of-Europe effort, in alignment with...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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