Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 10 March 2026Answered: 16 March 2026

Asked by

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

Luke Pollard

I am grateful for the conversation that my hon. Friend and I had last week about the importance of more skills for her constituency. We are investing £182 million in a defence skills package and rolling out defence technical excellence colleges across the United Kingdom. I am very happy to meet her to talk about this further, because we want to see more British companies invest in skills.