Strategic Defence Review
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used to determine which (a) private companies and their representatives and (b) media organisations and journalists received advance sight of the Strategic Defence Review.
Answered by Luke Pollard
We invited the Defence Correspondents Association and several additional outlets to cover UK national media.
We also invited companies and associations who are part of the joint Ministry of Defence-Cabinet Office Strategic Partnering Programme, alongside a larger set of key industry stakeholders.
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