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Technical Excellence Colleges: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last held discussions with Scottish Ministers on Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in Scotland.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
14 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last held discussions with Scottish Ministers on Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in Scotland.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    On 12 March 2026, as part of the Scotland Defence Growth Deal, we announced our stated ambition to establish two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges, aligned to support the defence clusters in the East and West of Scotland. This was contingent on the Sc...

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