Oral QuestionMinistry of Defence

What steps he is taking to improve skills in the defence sector.

Tabled: 2 September 2025Answered: 8 September 2025

Asked by

Sam Carling

LabourNorth West Cambridgeshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Defence

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Luke Pollard)

As I will shortly outline to the House, as part of the launch of the defence industrial strategy, this Government will set out an ambitious skills package that will grow, retain and develop the well-paid, high-skilled workforce that the UK requires to boost jobs and make defence an engine for growth in every nation and region of the country.