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Ministers have been asked to extend Service Pupil Premium funding and wraparound childcare to the children of Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel, and have replied that existing arrangements are kept under review.
The government has been asked whether buying the F-35A and the Precision Strike Missile deepens British dependence on the United States, and has answered that collaborating with the closest defence ally will deliver significant capability.
The Ministry of Defence has declined to say how many of each Boxer variant have been delivered to the Army, calling the information commercially and operationally sensitive, according to an answer given in Parliament.
A write-off of almost £3.7m recorded in the Ministry of Defence's accounts relates to money owed to the department by a foreign nation between 1971 and 2006.
Britain will retrofit British capability onto equipment given to Ukraine by other partners, the Prime Minister told President Zelensky at Downing Street, alongside a fresh package of Lightweight Multirole Missiles and talks on accelerating long range support before winter, according to the government.
A new Commons committee to scrutinise spending and programmes across the Defence Nuclear Enterprise is still expected to be established before the end of the year, according to an answer given in Parliament.
The Ministry of Defence has again said that it intends to procure up to twelve SSN-AUKUS submarines, according to an answer given in Parliament.
An Army-led project called Halo Shield is examining how commercially available counter-drone technology could protect British military sites, according to an answer given in Parliament.
Britain is putting £17 million towards repairing the protective shelter over the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which was punctured by a Russian drone strike last year, according to the government.
North Defence and Strongs form North Strong to build composite vehicle bodies in Tamworth, positioning ahead of the British Army’s Land Mobility Vehicle competition.
