Written questions by Anderson.

What percentage of spending on defence contracts has been awarded to UK companies in each year for the last 10 years.

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If he will provide a breakdown by skillset of the 60,000 projected jobs created by the Defence Investment Plan.

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If he will publish a breakdown by revenue between the five locations of the Defence Growth Deals.

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What steps he is taking to increase defence spending with SMEs by 50% by 2028.

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How many F-35 fighter jets he plans to procure; and by what date.

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What steps the Royal Navy is taking to support allies and partners, including in the Middle East, Indo-Pacific, South America and Africa.

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What steps the Royal Air Force is taking to support allies and partners, including in the Middle East, Indo-Pacific, South America and Africa.

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What steps the Army is taking to support allies and partners, including in the Middle East, Indo-Pacific, South America and Africa.

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What steps he is taking with like-minded nations to generate strategic advantage and harness emerging technologies to deter common threats.

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What steps he is taking to improve the survivability of the armed forces.

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What steps he is taking to improve the lethality of the armed forces.

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What steps he is taking to improve the readiness of the armed forces.

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What steps he is taking to improve access to support services for veterans in rural areas.

This government is committed to ensuring that veterans and their families are easily able to access support across the country when and where it is needed, including rural or remote areas. Last year we launched a new Veterans Strategy which recognises vet...

What progress he has made on diversifying the critical minerals supply chain in the defence industry.

The Department is addressing dependencies on concentrated sources of Critical Minerals likely to be affecting the defence sector by improving visibility and enhancing collaboration with industry and like-minded Allies (including NATO and Australia). Effor...

What proportion of the critical minerals supply chain in the defence industry relies on China.

The Department is addressing dependencies on concentrated sources of Critical Minerals likely to be affecting the defence sector by improving visibility and enhancing collaboration with industry and like-minded Allies (including NATO and Australia). Effor...

How his Department determines whether (a) imports and (b) procurement contracts in the defence supply chain impact (i) operational resilience and (ii) freedom of action.

The Ministry of Defence assesses imports and procurement contracts by examining whether they create critical dependencies, single points of failure or reliance on external approval regimes. It considers the impact of disruption on the continuity of milita...

What proportion of the critical minerals supply chain relies on a single source.

The Department is addressing dependencies on concentrated sources of Critical Minerals likely to be affecting the defence sector by improving visibility and enhancing collaboration with industry and like-minded Allies (including NATO and Australia). Effor...

Pursuant to the answer given on 8 June 2026 to Question 6003, what criteria his Department uses in procurement to determine whether suppliers are high-risk.

The Department does not use a single fixed definition of a “high risk supplier”. Instead, suppliers are assessed case by case against factors including financial fragility, exposure to high-risk geographies, criticality to defence capability, supply chain...

What assessment he has made of the adequacy of national security import controls to prevent dependence on Chinese companies for consumable equipment in the defence supply chain.

The Department assesses that existing national security import controls, alongside wider procurement and security frameworks, are robust and sufficient to manage risks of dependence on Chinese suppliers. Procurement is subject to strict due diligence, sup...

What steps he is taking to help ensure that the defence sector's supply chain for rare earth metals does not depend on China.

In line with Vision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) contributes to wider government work to diversify the UK critical minerals supply chain, including rare earth metals, and reduce reliance on a single source. We are workin...