Question follow-through · 93963
Defence: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the transcript of his speech entitled Defence Secretary speech on threats to the UK, published on 19 November 2025, if he will list the 1,000 major defence contracts that have been signed.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 3 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
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the transcript of his speech entitled Defence Secretary speech on threats to the UK, published on 19 November 2025, if he will list the 1,000 major defence contracts that have been signed.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department is withholding the information as full disclosure of all the contract details may prejudice commercial interests and national security. The Department has provided a list of British companies that were awarded contracts out of the 1,000 maj...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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