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Defence: Innovation

Asked by Rebecca SmithConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 15 December 2025UIN 97633

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence SMEs in South West Devon constituency have a) applied for and b) received funding from the Defence and Security Accelerator.

Answered by Luke Pollard

UK Defence Innovation Defence and Security Accelerator (UKDI-DASA) does not track constituency level data but does track data regionally. There have been 237 UKDI-DASA funded projects in the South West totalling £51.2 million, 169 of those were awarded to Small and Medium Enterprises.

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