Question follow-through · 68517

Space Technology: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much additional funding his Department plans to provide for space technology within the remit of the National Armaments Director.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 16 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 21 Jul 2025
Answer: 23 Jul 2025 · 7 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

16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much additional funding his Department plans to provide for space technology within the remit of the National Armaments Director.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Strategic Defence Review published earlier this year has recommended that Defence must urgently develop the resilience of its military space systems.The new Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in Autumn, will set out how we will deliver t...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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