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Question follow-through · 108704

Defence: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support British SMEs in light of the delay to the Defence Investment Plan.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support British SMEs in light of the delay to the Defence Investment Plan.

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Department is working flat out to deliver the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which will be published as soon as possible. It is underpinned by the Government’s largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War, with £270 bil...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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