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 Recommendation 4 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has received the 2026 annual statement on force design that identifies what has changed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 4 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has undertaken an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Integrated Force model this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 5 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has achieved the target of minimum annual shift of 10% expenditure from current to next-generation capabilities on his Departmen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 5 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has a) established the fundamental capabilities of a core common platform and b) received a quarterly report from the Chief Info
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 5 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has his Department made in 2026 in delivering a minimum viable product for the Defence-wide Secret Cloud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 5 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he received a report by July 2026 detailing the assurance of critical data flows, with a plan for scaling up dissemination and expl
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17103 and with reference to Recommendation 5 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, did he establish the Digital Warfighter Group with appropriate recruitment and
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 6 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress was made in developing a dedicated strategy for the financial services sector by March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 7 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in establishing a revitalised system for science and technology and innovation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 7 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in establishing a Defence Research and Evaluation organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 7 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in establishing the UK Defence Innovation organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 8 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress was made in establishing a new partnership with industry via a new approach to market segmentation and capability portfolios
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 9 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in agreeing two productivity Key Performance Indicators for the National Armaments Director focused on a) departm
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Recommendation 9 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in extending the tenure of Senior Responsible Owners of service-agnostic capability portfolios and acquisition pr
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 10 of the Strategic Defence Review, whether his Department achieved (a) at least a 50 per cent reduction in the burden of Defence Standards and Conditions, (b) amendment of the Single
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 11 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what he has made in establishing a mechanism for assessing the full implications of large-scale capability partnerships with allies, via a
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 12 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in establishing a new framework for building and sustaining government-to-government relationships to increase d
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 12 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in implementing a review of export licensing policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 13 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in enabling his Department's Cost Assurance and Analysis Service to have (a) open book access to data and (b) th
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 13 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in digitising his Department's acquisition and support processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 14 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in moving all Regular personnel from administrative into front-line roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 14 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in automating at least 20% of human resources, finance, and commercial functions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 15 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in reducing the level of bureaucracy created by people policy, process, and assurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 15 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether the his Department's top ten people policies were rewritten in accordance with the principle of trust by May 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he delivered Recommendation 15 by June 2026.