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Defence: Economic Growth

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 21664

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, since his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on the Defence Growth Deals.

Answered by Ministry of Defence

Since the publication of the Defence Industrial Strategy, all five Defence Growth Deals have launched, confirming £50 million of defence investment each for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Plymouth, and South Yorkshire. We continue to work closely with local and devolved governments, other government departments, academia and industry to plan and deliver this investment across the United Kingdom.

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