Question follow-through · 92324
National Wealth Fund: Defence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £200m National Wealth Fund allocation to Grangemouth could be used for Ministry of Defence projects.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £200m National Wealth Fund allocation to Grangemouth could be used for Ministry of Defence projects.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Chancellor’s Statement of Strategic Priorities to the National Wealth Fund, it should consider the role it can play in supporting the delivery of the wider Industrial Strategy, including in defence.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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