Question follow-through · 17571
Ministry of Defence: Conflict of Interests
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many instances his Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 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
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many instances his Department has put mitigations for conflict of interest in place for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials each year since 1 June 2024.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
Information on Ministers' interests is published on GOV.UK as part of the "List of Ministers' Interests" transparency data. Information on the interests of senior officials is published separately on GOV.UK in the "Register of Ministry of D...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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