Question follow-through · 92347
AWE: Scientists
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what directions his Department has given to the Atomic Weapons Establishment on changes to its Distinguished Scientist cohort.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 6 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
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what directions his Department has given to the Atomic Weapons Establishment on changes to its Distinguished Scientist cohort.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
AWE notified the Ministry of Defence last year of its intent to conduct a reorganisation to strengthen the company as it embarks on the challenge of designing and manufacturing the next generation of the UK’s sovereign nuclear warhead.The ongoing restruct...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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