WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 109479

National Security: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards have been considered in relation to Meta support for building AI systems for UK national security.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
5 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards have been considered in relation to Meta support for building AI systems for UK national security.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not use services from Meta to build Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems for United Kingdom (UK) national security purposes.Broader policy on the governance, assurance and oversight of the UK’s relationships with commerc...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

VALOUR Programme

29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Valour Veterans' Support Programme will include working with existing social enterprises that provide advice, services and support to veterans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure preserved Armed Forces Pension benefits are claimed.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

11 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to answer on 10 February 2026 to Question 110293, what steps are being taken in response to the number of Armed Forces pensions that remain unclaimed, beyond the 60 day tracing exercise conducted after t

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gaza: Surveillance

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will release Gaza surveillance flights footage of 25 and 26 March 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Arms Trade: Military Bases

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that arms transferred through UK military bases are used in accordance with international law.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of the McCloud Remedy for veterans who were medically discharged from the Armed Forces around the time of the 2015 pension reforms.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when can veterans affected by the McCloud case expect to receive their Remediable Service Statements.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to address delays in the Armed Forces pension remedy programme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

A400M Aircraft

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RAF A400M fleet can be used as Fire Fighting Tankers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

AUKUS: Nuclear Submarines

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to affiliate one of the Royal Navy's AUKUS submarines to Poole.