Question follow-through · 77425

Defence: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to p.10 of the Defence Industrial Strategy, published on 8 September 2025, what his Department's planned timetable is for setting out the membership of the Defence Investors Advisory Group.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 15 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 13 Oct 2025
Answer: 13 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to p.10 of the Defence Industrial Strategy, published on 8 September 2025, what his Department's planned timetable is for setting out the membership of the Defence Investors Advisory Group.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Secretary of State for Defence set out at the Defence Investment Summit on 10 September 2025 that the Defence Investors’ Advisory Group would be Chaired by Kerry Balwin. A second co-chair been chosen and will be announced shortly. The Group brings tog...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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