Defence: Procurement
Commons · Question 966 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 19 May 2026
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes his Department has made to defence procurement since 2024 to reduce barriers to entry for non-traditional defence suppliers, including businesses specialising in software, artificial intelligence, an
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 19 May 2026
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has taken significant strides in our approach to defence procurement since 2024, as laid out in both the Defence Industrial Strategy and in a recent Gov.UK notice titled “Ministry of Defence small and medium-sized enterprise ...