Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 10 March 2026Answered: 16 March 2026
Asked by
Anna Dixon
Labour — Shipley
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.