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Defence: Procurement

Commons · Question 114222 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 27 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of Defence Equipment and Support to incorporate a (a) UK manufacturing and (b) Land Industrial Strategy components into all procurement programmes.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 27 Feb 2026

Defence Equipment & Support works within operative procurement rules and frameworks, such as the Procurement Act 2023 and the Land Industrial Strategy, which encourage compliant bids from UK suppliers in the delivery of Defence equipment programmes, i...