Question follow-through · 1605
Armed Forces: Body Armour
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure female armed forces personnel are equipped with properly fitted, purpose-designed body armour.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 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
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure female armed forces personnel are equipped with properly fitted, purpose-designed body armour.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
The Department’s priority is to ensure all service personnel receive appropriate and equitable levels of protection. We are initiating a capability change project for Complex Geometry Body Armour, which will include the development of a suitable testing r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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