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Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which directorate in their Departme

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
9 Mar 2026
Answer
9 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 92 of the Strategic Defence Review, how many meetings officials from their Department have attended on the national conversation on defence and security; which directorate in their Departme

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Officials from The Ministry of Defence (MOD) regularly attend meetings to discuss matters of national security, defence and resilience as well as the associated public communications required to deliver these lines of efforts. The conversation on National...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Navy

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