WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 121375

Defence: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many further phases will be conducted as part of Defence Reform following the implementation phase.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many further phases will be conducted as part of Defence Reform following the implementation phase.

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Having determined top level accountabilities and implemented the associate structural changes to establish the new four Areas on 1 April 2025, Defence Reform is currently in a design phase, during which the new Defence Operating Model is being developed a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Finance

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, when the UK's return for 2027 will be produced.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Autonomous Weapons: Procurement

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 116970 on Autonomous Weapons: Procurement, how many further phases will take place if procurement is progressed.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cyprus: Military Bases

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 119399 on Cyprus: Military Bases, whether he has been invited to hold discussions with Defence Minister Palmas and other Cypriot Government officials on the sov

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cyprus: Foreign Relations

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 119399 on Cyprus: Military Bases, what the evidential basis is that the relationship with the Republic of Cyprus has never been closer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Navy: Strait of Hormuz

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy Royal Navy capabilities to the Strait of Hormuz.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Middle East: Minesweepers

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy minesweepers are operating in the Middle East.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Navy: Minesweepers

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Royal Navy minesweepers will be included in the Defence Investment Plan.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

USA: Military Aid

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will offer military support to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

USA: Military Aid

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the offer of UK military support to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz requires a UN resolution.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

USA: Military Aid

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has obtained legal advice for UK military support to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Middle East: Minesweepers

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK minehunting drones are operational in the Middle East.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Middle East: Unmanned Marine Systems

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK uncrewed naval technology is operational in the Middle East.