Question follow-through · 112082

Defence: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry, published on 5 February 2026, whether any of the £80 million investment will be allocated to colle

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
11 Feb 2026
Answer
17 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Student skills investment to boost UK defence industry, published on 5 February 2026, whether any of the £80 million investment will be allocated to colle

  2. 11 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    On 5 February the Ministry of Defence announced that, as part of the Defence Industrial Strategy skills package, it is directly investing £80 million into the Higher Education sector to increase the capacity on key defence-related courses and invest in ne...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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