Written questions

3,870 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 24 on page 19of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether his Department plans to take steps with the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Home Office to publish a formal p

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Education: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 23 on page 19 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether her Department has allocated funding to help develop understanding of the Armed Forces among young pe

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 23 on page 19 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the expected total cost to the public purse is of his Department's plans to develop the understanding of t

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 4 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when his Department plans to undertake the first annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the integrated force model.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 4 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when the first annual statement on force design will be submitted.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, where the Digital Warfighter group will be based.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed as part of the Digital Warfighter group.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when he plans to establish a Digital Warfighter group.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer, published on 2 June 2025, when he plans to appoint a data and AI lead within each procurement capability portfolio in his Departmen

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what assessment he has made of the risk of cyber attacks on legacy systems currently in use by his Department.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Expenditure and Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 3 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, what metric was used to measure (a) the lethality of the Armed Fo

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

NATO

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 2 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing a roadmap for de

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have had discussions with the Department for Science, Innovation an

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 59 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what plans he has to present the Defence Infrastructure Recapitalisation Plan to Parliament.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed for the CyberEM Command.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what the total cost to the public purse is for establishing the new CyberEM Command.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, where the CyberEM Command will be based.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will lead the CyberEM Command.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing the new CyberEM Command.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space: Cabinet Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad published on 2 June 2025, if he will list the membership of the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space: Cabinet Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, published on 2 June 2025, who will chair the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Space: Cabinet Committees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, when he expects the Cabinet sub-Committee on Space to be established.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, who will the new defence uncrewed systems centre be led by.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many new staff will be employed as part of the defence uncrewed systems centre.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 202 what the total cost was of establishing the new defence uncrewed systems centre.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Trident Submarines: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 34 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the successor to the Dreadnought class submarine since 2 June 2025.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 29 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, where the new defence uncrewed systems centre will be based.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 27 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether he plans to increase funding for (a) a deep precision strike and (b) integrated air and missile defence during the cu

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 25 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what powers the Government will hold in reserve should the UK enter a conflict.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to clause 25 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, which body will be responsible for external scrutiny of UK warfighting readiness.

Source: official written-questions record.