Question follow-through · 19388
Portsmouth Dockyard
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's statement entitled Naval Base Infrastructure, published on 14 July 2026, what the expected completion date is for each element of project Bentham.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 61 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
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's statement entitled Naval Base Infrastructure, published on 14 July 2026, what the expected completion date is for each element of project Bentham.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Project Royal Oak allocated £26 billion across our three naval bases and provided £3.9 billion for HMNB Portsmouth. Project Bentham is part of that funding and work on the delivery programme for Project Bentham is ongoing. Completion dates for the individ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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