Question follow-through · 116876
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 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.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2026
Answer published
Ministers have 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 established in August 2024 to build the UK’s resilienc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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