Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 95407

Defence: Procurement

Tabled: 28 November 2025

Answered: 11 December 2025

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March to Question 34903 on Defence: Procurement, whether he has met with any representatives from British SMEs regarding the Defence Small and Medium Enterprise Support Hub.

Answer

Luke Pollard

I regularly engage with representatives of the defence industry, including SMEs. For example at DSEI and DPRTE I engaged with over 20 SMEs at those two events alone. Further to that, SMEs have been widely consulted in the development of the Office for Sma...

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