Question follow-through · 85998
Defence: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79317 on Defence: Industry, from which FTSE100 companies he has invited senior executives to participate in defence education courses.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 8 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
28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79317 on Defence: Industry, from which FTSE100 companies he has invited senior executives to participate in defence education courses.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
In accordance with the Strategic Defence Review, the Defence Academy is assessing options to invite FTSE100 executives to attend courses at Shrivenham.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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