Question follow-through · 117853
Department for Work and Pensions: Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 thei
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 12 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
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 thei
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
Officials from the Department for Work and Pensions 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 N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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