Question follow-through · 95727
Driving Tests: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 93956 on Driving Tests, what is the estimated total cost of the Ministry of Defence charges to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency for the use of 36 defe
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 93956 on Driving Tests, what is the estimated total cost of the Ministry of Defence charges to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency for the use of 36 defe
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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4 Dec 2025
Answer published
In response to a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities request from the Department for Transport, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has agreed to provide 36 defence driving examiners (DDE) to conduct driving tests for one day a week for 12 months. This suppor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Driving Tests
3 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to Question 93956 on Driving Tests, what the marginal cost charged to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency by the Ministry of Defence is for the deployment of defence
Ministry of Defence: Carbon Emissions
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Defence and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Air Force: Alternative Fuels
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the public purse of the Royal Air Force transitioning to 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel by 2040; and whether his Department has undertaken any assessmen
Aviation: Fuels
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate the RAF has made of the cost of the incremental move to being 22% sustainable aviation fuel by 2040 in each year individual year for which figures are available.
Ministry of Defence: Tyres
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information their Department holds on (a) the proportion of tyres procured that were re-tread tyres for (i) Department-operated and (ii) commercially contracted heavy vehicle fleets, including lorries, buses
Military Aircraft: Ministers
26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 66297 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, how many flights that includes.
Military Aircraft: Ministers
26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106742 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, whether the use of RAF CSAT aircraft includes use of military helicopters.
Military Aircraft: Ministers
26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106742 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, how many tasks there have been from RAF CSAT aircraft since July 2024.
Aviation: Fuels
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the projected market price per litre of conventional aviation turbine fuel (Jet A-1) in each year from 2025 to 2040 and (b) the marginal cost difference per litre betw
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether procurement contracts issued by the Ministry of Defence must include provisions relating to (a) diversity, equality and inclusion and (b) climate change or sustainability targets or reporting requirements
Unmanned Air Systems
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart on cooperation relating to counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities; whether he has considered the deployment of Ukrainian counter-UAV (a)
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
16 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of contracts have been awarded by his Department in this Parliament under the terms of the Single Source Contract Regulations 2014 in each month since they came in to force; and with