Question follow-through · 120451
NATO Innovation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK’s contribution is to the NATO Innovation Fund.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- HMS Duncan · 16 Mar 2026
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- Navy: Unmanned Marine Systems · 16 Mar 2026
- Air Force: Military Aircraft · 16 Mar 2026
- Qatar: Air Force · 16 Mar 2026
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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
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK’s contribution is to the NATO Innovation Fund.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
Following agreement by the Secretary of State for Defence and Chancellor the UK’s participation in the NATO Innovation Fund was announced on 30 June 2022. The fund invests in start-ups developing technology which fall into one of NATO’s defined EDT groups...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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