Question follow-through · 66861
Cyber & Specialist Operations Command
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a reserve-style service as part of the Cyber and Specialist Operations Command.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ammunition · 28 Oct 2025
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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
10 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a reserve-style service as part of the Cyber and Specialist Operations Command.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jul 2025
Answer published
SDR 2025 directs that “the future Cyber & EM Force should be a whole force endeavour, drawing heavily on reserves and civilians where expertise lies”. The future Cyber & EM Forces will be part of the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command. Plan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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