Question follow-through · 119448
Defence: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to announce the five technical excellence colleges linked to defence skills competition being run by his Department and the Department for Education.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to announce the five technical excellence colleges linked to defence skills competition being run by his Department and the Department for Education.
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
As part of the Defence Industrial Strategy skills package, we announced the establishment of five Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in England. The competition to select these has now closed, and applications will now be assessed, with successful coll...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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