Question follow-through · 86836
War Graves: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Commonwealth war graves in the North East.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Veterans: North East · 4 Nov 2025
- Armed Forces: Housing · 10 Nov 2025
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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
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Commonwealth war graves in the North East.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
During the Financial Year 2024-25, the Ministry of Defence paid the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) £56.31 Million Grant-in-Aid funding so that it may continue to honour, in perpetuity, the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces wh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Veterans: North East
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for veterans in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.
Armed Forces: Housing
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the number of service family accommodation by (a) region, (b) local authority, and (c) Westminster constituency.