Question follow-through · 76356
Armed Forces: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of support available to retired canine military working dogs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 6 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
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of support available to retired canine military working dogs.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Sept 2025
Answer published
At the end of their service, Military Working Dogs (MWDs) are individually assessed and every effort is made to rehome them with a suitable owner. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) proactively undertakes diagnostic work, surgery, or other treatment, to prepar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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