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Strategic Defence Review

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 19 March 2025UIN 37251

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will include capability annexes for each of the single services.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) will determine the roles, capabilities and reforms required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats, and opportunities of the twenty-first century. The SDR has been considering all aspects of Defence, including the major features of the force structure needed to create the necessary integrated all-domain Defence capability of the future.

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