Question follow-through · 4915
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to identify SMEs eligible for membership of the Authorised User Community.
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
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to identify SMEs eligible for membership of the Authorised User Community.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
All UK SMEs are eligible to apply for membership of the UK Authorised User Community. Since the AUKUS exemption was formalised, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has conducted significant outreach activities aimed at the whole of the UK defence industry, with...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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