Question follow-through · 9886
Ammunition: Factories
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new energetics and munitions factories are under construction.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 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
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new energetics and munitions factories are under construction.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
Feasibility studies for energetic material factories are expected to conclude no later than October 2026. The MOD intends to open a grant funding opportunity to onshore energetics production in Q3 2026 with a view to industry commencing construction of th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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