Question follow-through · 28789
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of annual cost of requiring social value obligations.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 18 Sept 2026 · 8 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
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of annual cost of requiring social value obligations.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence commercial policy requires the application of the Cabinet Office Social Value Model to all in-scope procurements conducted under the Procurement Act 2023, which was enacted by the last Government. Suppliers should not assume that c...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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