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Defence: Procurement

Asked by James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 11 December 2025UIN 98162

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any major equipment programmes have been subject to formal ministerial directions in the last ten years.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Since 2011 ordinarily all Ministerial directions are published, unless the matter must be kept confidential.

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