Question follow-through · 111520
Ministry of Defence: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on internal human resources services each year since 2015.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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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
6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on internal human resources services each year since 2015.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
The table below shows the total amount spent each Financial Year (FY) on Civilian Human Resources Services and their associated costs provided by Defence Business Services, the Shared Service for Defence. This includes spend on the following DBS services:...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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