Defence: Contracts

(asked on 29th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the defence contracts awarded by his Department in the financial year 2025-2026 were awarded to SMEs.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

As outlined in the UK Defence Footprint 2026 publication, in financial year 2025-26 over 2,000 new contracts were placed by the Ministry of Defence, including over 500 directly with Small and Medium Enterprises.

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