Question follow-through · 18854
Armed Forces: NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Department is taking to expand the use of synthetic training environments to enable joint training between the Armed Forces and NATO allies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jul 2026 · 14 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
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Department is taking to expand the use of synthetic training environments to enable joint training between the Armed Forces and NATO allies.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jul 2026
Answer published
The UK has provided the primary hub for NATO Distributed Synthetic Training since 2025, supporting secure and operationally relevant joint training for NATO personnel across the maritime, land and air domains. Following the direction of the 2025 Strategic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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