Question follow-through · 116870
Department for Education: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Department for Education: Defence · 4 Mar 2026
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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
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 88 of the UK Government Resilience Action Plan, how many meetings Ministers in their Department have attended related to the Home Defence Programme.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has regular discussions with officials, external experts and ministerial colleagues on a range of issues, including national security, defence and resilience.The Home Defence Programme was establi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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