Question follow-through · 75424

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 73377 on Strategic Defence Review, by when does he expect the infrastructure pillar to have been established.

answeredCabinet Office

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Cabinet Office
Tabled
5 Sept 2025
Target answer date
9 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Oct 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 73377 on Strategic Defence Review, by when does he expect the infrastructure pillar to have been established.

  2. 9 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the National Security Strategy and the Resilience Action Plan (RAP), protection and defence of Critical National Infrastructure is a central strand of the Cabinet Office-led cross-Government Home Defence Programme. This is overseen centrally...

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