WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 16065

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase defence spending with SMEs by 50% by 2028.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
8 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase defence spending with SMEs by 50% by 2028.

  2. 8 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has committed to increasing direct and indirect spending with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by 50% from the 2023-24 baseline, taking total SME spend to £7.5 billion by May 2028.To achieve this ambition, the Depart...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Contracts

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of major contracts awarded this year will exceed the average of the last 10 years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Finland and Netherlands: Military Alliances

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the establishment of a Multilateral Defence Mechanism between UK, Finland, and the Netherlands.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Global Combat Air Programme

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investments are Japan and Italy making into the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

AUKUS: Nuclear Submarines

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 12 next-generation of SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) nuclear powered conventional attack submarines.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Frigates

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected rollout date is for the 13-strong fleet of submarine hunting frigates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Germany: Guided Weapons

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what does the partnership with Germany on the deep precision strike weapons entail.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Netherlands: Amphibious Warships

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will the new amphibious combined fleet with the Netherlands include.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Finance

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the MOD is planning to disinvest in that no longer align with the evolving strategic context.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Destroyers

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the change to a Hybrid Navy Fleet, if the UK will continue to have an evacuation capability provided by destroyers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Navy

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what date will the Hybrid Navy Fleet be operational.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Seabed

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems will be developed with the £230m allocated to seabed warfare.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unmanned Marine Systems: Minesweepers

7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £1.1bn for Autonomous Mine Hunting Capability will be matched equally by France.