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Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 19 September 2024UIN 3750

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of supply chain jobs supported by the work of Team Hersa.

Answered by Maria Eagle

Since the creation of Team Hersa and the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Directed Energy Weapons Demonstrator Programme in 2020, the MOD estimate is that 249 supply chain jobs have been supported.

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