Question follow-through · 50286
Civil Defence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when homeland defence plans were last reviewed.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when homeland defence plans were last reviewed.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
The United Kingdom has well-developed contingency plans to respond to a wide range of eventualities. The plans and supporting arrangements have been developed, refined and tested over many years. This includes continuous reviews of the risk landscape thro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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