Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 77480

Ammunition: Factories

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether his Department has considered establishing one of the always on munitions factories in the North East; and when he expects to anno

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Strategic Defence Review committed to build at least six new energetics and munitions factories in the UK. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently developing a plan to deliver this commitment alongside our wider Defence Industrial Strategy, deliver...

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