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 the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether did he delivered recommendations for independent oversight of implementation as outlined in Recommendation 15 by October 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in developing a series of Tri-Service ‘phase 0’ camps as outlined in Recommendation 16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in delivering recommendation 16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in supporting Service personnel’s aspirations for home ownership as outlined in Recommendation 17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in delivering recommendation 17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in establishing a career education pathway for the whole force - Regulars, Reserves, and Civil Service, as outlined in Recommendation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has delivered recommendation 19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in developing a single virtual training environment that is integrated into Defence’s common digital architecture, as outlined in Rec
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in delivering recommendation 19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 19 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he completed a review of current standards, qualifications, and in-house training by the end of 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 20 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he made in a) developing a two-way secondment programme with a focus on short-term, informal schemes and b) developing a pla
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 21 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in co-ordinating with other Government departments and agencies to prioritise the use of the defence instrument
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 22 the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in seeking closer bilateral relations with NATO Allies in developing cost-effective means of delivering priority ca
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 23 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what recent progress has he made in exploring further opportunities to bolster the UK’s ironclad commitment to Ukraine via industrial coll
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 24 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in doubling down on both pillars of the AUKUS agreement and using Pillar 2 to test and develop a template for fu
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 23 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he completed a review of the Integrated Global Defence Network’s principal elements by April 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 25 the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in developing a military and civilian career stream for international defence engagement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 26 to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what recent progress has he made in launching a national conversation on defence and security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 26 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in working with the Department for Education to develop understanding of the Armed Forces among young people in
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in expanding in-school and community-based Cadet Forces across the country by 30% by 2030, as outlined in Recommendation 26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has given the Defence Academy and other Defence centres of training and educational excellence commercial freedoms to operate by lifting the restric
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he has established a plan for the Defence Academy to invite company leaders, from FTSE100 companies and wider, onto Defence courses by February 2026, a
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in supporting the Cabinet Office in its work to set and enforce robust standards of protection and resilience for infrastructure, as
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in strengthening Government powers to protect CNI where necessary, as outlined in Recommendation 27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in completing the process of updating existing legislation or bringing forward new legislation by the end of this Parliament, as outl