Question follow-through · 92630
Defence: Plymouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to implement the Plymouth Defence Growth Deal.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 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
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to implement the Plymouth Defence Growth Deal.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
Our ambition is for all five Defence Growth Deals, including the Plymouth Defence Growth Deal, to be operational by the end of Summer 2026. We have already made tangible progress with the launch of Team Plymouth on 19 September, who will be leading the de...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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