Question follow-through · 110171
Defence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of further education colleges in Scotland on the skills requirement for the defence industrial strategy.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of further education colleges in Scotland on the skills requirement for the defence industrial strategy.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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10 Feb 2026
Answer published
Further education has a significant role to play in giving Scotland’s, and the UK’s, defence sector the highly skilled workforce they need, both now and in the future. That is why, alongside the Defence Industrial Strategy, we have announced a £182 millio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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