Question follow-through · 21557
Defence: Innovation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Defence training and education can effectively deliver innovation at speed.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 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
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Defence training and education can effectively deliver innovation at speed.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence has assessed that training and education are a key enabler of the Strategic Defence Review's objective to deliver innovation at speed. The Review highlighted the importance of training and education that adapt rapidly to changing t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of funding sent and allocated to Ukraine.