Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 120440
Defence: Procurement
Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 20 March 2026
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the difference in time horizons between venture capital of three to four years, and defence procurement cycles that exceed a decade, on private investment in
Answer
Luke PollardVenture capital is only a sub-section of the capital available to support defence and our transition to warfighting readiness; venture capital is most suited to innovative, high-growth potential companies, not the large defence programmes with the longest...
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