Question follow-through · 19243
Nuclear Weapons: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to benchmark the cost effectiveness of the UK nuclear deterrent programme by comparison with the French.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 49 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 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to benchmark the cost effectiveness of the UK nuclear deterrent programme by comparison with the French.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
There are significant differences in how the UK and French nuclear enterprises are organised and structured which would render such a comparison meaningless.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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