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Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contractors and associated corporate entities were granted sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its official presentation to the House.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 12 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 17 Jun 2025
Answer: 18 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contractors and associated corporate entities were granted sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its official presentation to the House.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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