Question follow-through · 84942
Strategic Defence Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the private sector organisations given advance sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its publication.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the private sector organisations given advance sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its publication.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
As the hon. Member will be aware, the Secretary of State for Defence has been determined to reset the relationship between Parliament and the Ministry of Defence, increasing transparency and openness. The Department sought to reflect this determination fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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