Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
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.
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.