Question follow-through · 3522
Defence: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the potential impact of the delayed publication of the Defence Investment Plan on small and medium defence manufacturers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 13 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
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the potential impact of the delayed publication of the Defence Investment Plan on small and medium defence manufacturers.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
We will publish the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) as soon as we can. We will continue to award contracts to SMEs, but must allow sufficient time to ensure that decisions in the DIP are robust and drive the necessary transformation of our Armed Forces desc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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