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Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he authorised issuing unredacted hard copies of the Strategic Defence Review to each (a) person and (b) company.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he authorised issuing unredacted hard copies of the Strategic Defence Review to each (a) person and (b) company.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...

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