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 the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in a) maintaining E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and b) procuring further E-7 aircraft by expediting a cos
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in exploring providing Protector with a maritime surveillance capability, integrated with P-8 Poseidon maritime control and reconnais
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 47 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in initiating investment in improving the foundations of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence capabilities, in
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 47 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in augmenting the existing fleet of A400M with additional more (a) A400M, (b) civilian charter and (c) sponsored
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in funding and improving RAF Brize Norton as a high priority in partnership with private finance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in planning a commercial alternative to RAF Brize Norton should it be unavailable for operations; and whether he
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in replacing Hawk T1 and Hawk T2 with a cost-effective fast jet trainer, including building in maximum use of co
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 48 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, if he completed the review of (a) storage and (b) other standards in order to remove regulations that place unnecessary constraints on tra
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 49 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in funding the resilience of military space systems, including a focus on (a) space control, (b) decision advant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 49 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in periodically reviewing the SKYNET 6A and SKYNET 6EC satellite communications programmes, including to ensure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 50 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in seeking partners to develop a next-generation, overhead, persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 51 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether his predecessor established an initial operating capability for a new CyberEM Command within Strategic Command by the end of 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 51 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in planning and developing the CyberEM Command structure as part of the Digital Warfighter Group, including ensu
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 52 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in ensuring the Permanent Joint Headquarters is more resilient to both physical and cyber-attack.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 53 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in equipping Defence Intelligence with the tools to attract, develop, and retain a motivated workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 53 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in establishing a cross-government national security workforce strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 53 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in establishing a strong training offer to Defence Intelligence to nurture critical specialist skills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 53 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in introducing secondments for military personnel and civil servants, including into industry, to develop expert
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 54 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he cohered Defence’s expert intelligence capabilities under Military Intelligence Services by November 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 54 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in creating a new Defence Intelligence Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 55 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in developing a coherent set of intelligence priorities and timely and secure data-sharing across Government by
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 55 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in implementing a Government-wide review of handling processes for intelligence material to ensure it can be sha
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 56 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he established a single Defence Counter-Intelligence Unit within Defence Intelligence with a mandate to protect Defence from hosti
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 57 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in ensuring that the Defence Medical Services and the NHS have joint capacity to meet Defence medical needs, inc
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 57 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues in conducting a sprint review of system-wide capacity and capability between the Ministr