Question follow-through · 129310
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many major contracts which have been signed by his department since July 2024 were a) sustainment or refresh contracts or b) new procurement contracts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 5 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
22 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many major contracts which have been signed by his department since July 2024 were a) sustainment or refresh contracts or b) new procurement contracts.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department can confirm that, since July 2024, the department has signed a total of 1,398 major contracts. Ministry of Defence (MOD) contract records do not distinguish between sustainment or refresh (i.e. follow-on) contracts. Consequently, we can onl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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