Defence: Procurement
Commons · Question 120440 · Tabled 12 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the difference in time horizons between venture capital of three to four years, and defence procurement cycles that exceed a decade, on private investment in
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 20 Mar 2026
Venture capital is only a sub-section of the capital available to support defence and our transition to warfighting readiness; venture capital is most suited to innovative, high-growth potential companies, not the large defence programmes with the longest...