Question follow-through · 27917
Army Reserve: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide additional detail on the commitment to protecting time, funding and equipment for Reserves in training in the Defence Investment Plan, including timescales, benchmarks and KPIs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 13 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
8 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide additional detail on the commitment to protecting time, funding and equipment for Reserves in training in the Defence Investment Plan, including timescales, benchmarks and KPIs.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Sept 2026
Answer published
This Government remains firmly committed to our Reserve Forces. The Defence Investment Plan sets out how we will invest £4.2 billion on Reserves over the next four years. Individual annual settlements will be determined through Defence planning cycles and...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
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