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Question follow-through · 76093

UK Defence and Security Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Office of Defence Exports (ODE) will play in securing government-to-government defence export deals; and what targets have been set for the ODE in its first year.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
11 Sept 2025
Answer
16 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Office of Defence Exports (ODE) will play in securing government-to-government defence export deals; and what targets have been set for the ODE in its first year.

  2. 11 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    As the Defence Industrial Strategy makes clear “The new Office of Defence Exports (ODE) means responsibility for defence exports has been unified under the control of the MOD. This creates a government-to-government exports offer which reflects what our a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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