Question follow-through · 21674
Defence: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 11 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made by the Defence Office for Small Business Growth in supporting defence SMEs.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 11 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made by the Defence Office for Small Business Growth in supporting defence SMEs.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Since its establishment in January 2026, the Defence Office for Small Business Growth has launched a dedicated website and contact centre for SMEs, introduced an anonymous reporting service to identify and tackle barriers to working with Defence, simplifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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