Question follow-through · 118687
Defence Equipment: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mobilise private finance for the development of defence technology, a) in the start-up sector and b) from European investors.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 9 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
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mobilise private finance for the development of defence technology, a) in the start-up sector and b) from European investors.
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Strategic Defence Review 2025 set out Defence’s role in seeding innovation and growth to keep the Integrated Force at the forefront of warfare. To deliver this, we established the UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) with a £400M ring-fenced annual budget to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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