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Defence: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 10 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on launching regional STEM initiatives to boost defence skills across the country

answeredMinistry of Defence

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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

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 10 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on launching regional STEM initiatives to boost defence skills across the country

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Following completion of a successful pilot delivered by Babcock in Plymouth, we are working with industry partners, through the Defence Industrial Joint Council, to establish STEM initiatives across five regions in England with a significant defence secto...

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