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Defence: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24 of the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, published on 8 September 2025, what steps he has taken to ensure that cryptography capability is UK-based.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24 of the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, published on 8 September 2025, what steps he has taken to ensure that cryptography capability is UK-based.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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27 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that Crypt-Key is fundamental to the defence and security of the UK. The ability to develop Crypt-Key technologies and capabilities is a strategic imperative for the United Kingdom’s (UK) national security. The Nat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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