Question follow-through · 28696
Devonport Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to accelerate upgrades to the Devonport nuclear submarine dock.
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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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- HMS President · 15 Sept 2026
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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, if he will take steps to accelerate upgrades to the Devonport nuclear submarine dock.
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Mr. Obese-Jecty) to question 19170 on the 2 September 2026. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-15/19170
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
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HMS President
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