Question follow-through · 98140
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Ministry of Defence projects within the Government Major Projects Portfolio have been delivered on time and within their initial approved budgets in the last ten years; how many cu
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence Police: Expenditure · 9 Dec 2025
- Ministry of Defence Police: Staff · 9 Dec 2025
- Global Combat Air Programme · 15 Dec 2025
- Ajax Vehicles: Procurement · 18 Dec 2025
- Armed Forces: Women · 22 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Ministry of Defence projects within the Government Major Projects Portfolio have been delivered on time and within their initial approved budgets in the last ten years; how many cu
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
We inherited considerable delays and cost overruns on a large number of defence procurement projects. We are working to address those through measures set ot in the Defence Industrial Strategy. Further announcements will come as part of the Defence Invest...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Ministry of Defence Police: Expenditure
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual funding in cash terms has been for MOD Police in each year since 2020.
Ministry of Defence Police: Staff
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the workforce numbers were for the Ministry of Defence Police in each year since 2020.
Global Combat Air Programme
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his German, Italian and Japanese counterparts on Germany potentially joining the Global Combat Air Programme.
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of contract stage payment claim by General Dynamics was triggered by declaring Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for Ajax in November, and whether his department has paid it yet.
Armed Forces: Women
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women have left the armed forces in each of the last five years; and what proportion they represented of all outflow in each year.
Military Police: Finance
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount of public funding allocated to military police services has been in each of the last five financial years.
Armed Forces: Women
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women have joined the armed forces in each of the last five years; and what proportion they represented of all new recruits in each year.
Typhoon Aircraft: Exports
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much revenue has been received from foreign military sales of Eurofighter Typhoons.
Turkey: Typhoon Aircraft
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the revenue to be raised by foreign military sales of Eurofighter Typhoons to Turkey.
Empire Test Pilots' School: Aircraft
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft does the Empire Test Pilots’ School currently (a) own or (b) lease.
Typhoon Aircraft: Exports
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to pursue further deals to export UK assembled Eurofighters.
Canada: Typhoon Aircraft
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his Canadian counterpart on the export of Eurofighters for the RCAF.