Question follow-through · 904218
Defence: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase procurement from UK businesses.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Iraq Conflict: Veterans · 12 Feb 2026
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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 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase procurement from UK businesses.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
Our new Defence Industrial Strategy will make sure national security and a high-growth economy are aligned to deliver the change we promised: cracking down on waste, building resilient supply chains and boosting Britain's defence industry. By strengthenin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Iraq Conflict: Veterans
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Defence: Investment
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK participation in the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank on (a) access to finance for UK defence manufacturers and SMEs and (b) investment in UK defence