WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 123098

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Powerful new Royal Navy warship programme advances as milestones reached for two ships, published on 24 February 2026, if he will confirm that defence spe

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
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
26 Mar 2026
Answer
27 Mar 2026 · 4 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. 23 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Powerful new Royal Navy warship programme advances as milestones reached for two ships, published on 24 February 2026, if he will confirm that defence spe

  2. 26 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    As the Hon. Gentleman will probably already know, based on the latest GDP projections, the UK's defence spending is currently forecast to reach 2.6% of GDP in 2027.

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

RAF Fylingdales: Ballistic Missile Defence

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to enhance the detection capability of RAF Fylingdales within the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMS Duncan: Deployment

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Duncan was the Royal Navy fleet-ready escort on 1 February 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NATO: Navy

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did the Royal Navy last hold the flagship Standing NATO Maritime Group One commitment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Allied Reaction Force

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy will take charge of the Allied Reaction Force (a) before or (b) after the Standing NATO Maritime Group One commitment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sky Sabre

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Land Ceptor is capable of ballistic missile interception.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sea Mines: Strait of Hormuz

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of a) Maham-3 and b) Maham-7 naval mines by Iran on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Type 45 Destroyers: Decommissioning

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the scheduled decommissioning date of each Royal Navy Type 45 ship.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shipping: Houthis

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential risk posed to British shipping in the Bab el Mandeb Strait by the Houthis.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Air Force: Defence Equipment

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Rapid Sentry Systems have been procured for the RAF Regiment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

HMS Daring: Deployment

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date is HMS Daring due to a) start and b) finish sea trials.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

China: Taiwan

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential impact upon the UK military of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Qatar: Air Force

25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121233 on Qatar: Air Force, what the reason given by the Qatari Government was for the formal request of 12 Squadron moving to Qatar.