Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on regulatory reform supporting regional defence industry strength.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on Test and Evaluation (T&E) Transformation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on improving access to T&E resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on strengthening supply chain data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on building resilience of Critical Raw Materials for UK Defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 84 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on reducing waste in MOD procurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on improving signalling of defence requirements to industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on increasing early market engagement with industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on developing a central digital platform for procurements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 88 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on portfolio driven delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 88 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on balancing strategic factors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 88 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on a segmented approach to procurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 90 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress he has made on delivering world-leading digitally enabled acquisition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on delivering accelerated commercial pathways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 90 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on streamlining decision-making processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 90 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on delivering on improving supply chain management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on delivering defence contracting reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 94 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress he has made on building a more open, trusting collaboration between his Department and industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 94 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress he has made on establishing new strategic partnerships between his Department and industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 96 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published on 8 September 2025, what progress his Department has made on expanding MOD collaboration and information sharing (a) with and
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 97 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what steps his Department is taking to promote a NATO first approach to industrial collaboration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 98 of his Department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published ob 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on maximising and expanding industrial and technological collaboration with th
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the number of defence personnel embedded within the Integrated Defence Network will remain the same over the next decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what new opportunities for enhanced co-ordination with E3, E5 and JEF partners have been identified in 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 19 of his Department's Defence Diplomacy Strategy, published 24 March 2026, what progress he has made on making defence diplomacy an engine for growth.