Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 63 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made in ensuring the Cost Assurance and Analysis Service has (a) open book access
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 63 of his department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on digitising acquisition and support processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 64 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on making Defence more radical in unleashing innovation and productivity in
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 65 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what assessment he has made of whether his Department is on target to reduce civil service costs by at least 10% by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 66 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made in the Office of Veterans’ Affairs connecting positively with society and re
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, , with reference to page 67 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, to what extent operation planning for enduring deployments at scale takes into account pastoral, practical, and financial support for families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering additional places on the Global Strategy Programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Defence training and education can effectively deliver innovation at speed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on whole force by default training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what steps is his Department taking to lead on joint force doctrine within NATO.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 68 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on Defence running training and education when it cannot be obtained externa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on rolling out the Pan-Defence Skills Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to teach, train, exercise and reward leaders to create a leadership that is eq
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on ensuring all personnel are aware of the growing cyber risks and are equip
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether the reserves and civil servants have protected access to the necessary funding, time and equipment for tra
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on automating at least 20% of human resources, finance, and commercial funct
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on developing a plan to prioritise and address the structural, behavioural,
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to provide novel ways of entry to the Armed Forces, including to attract people from a wider range of backgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 73 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on bolstering collective security by actively investing in alliances and par
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 73 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of working (a) more and (b) less closely with the
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 73 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on working with the United States to maximise the relationship’s potential a
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 73 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on connecting the Euro Atlantic with key allies in the Indo-Pacific, includi
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on developing deeper collaboration with allies and partners in areas such as autonomy, AI, electromagnetic warfare, modelling and simulation since the Strategic Defence Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on building on the 2010 Lancaster House Treaties with France.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on building on the 2024 Trinity House Agreement with Germany.