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Defence: Contracts

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 85238

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government launches Back British industry call to action to boost UK jobs, businesses and skills, published on 23 October 2025, what form of public body t

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Defence Office for Small Business Growth will be an internal body of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), accountable to the MOD’s Director General Commercial and Industry under the National Armaments Director Group.

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