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Written Question

Defence: Industry

Wednesday 7th January 2026

Asked by: Luke Charters (Labour - York Outer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 on Northern Ireland.

Answered by Matthew Patrick - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The defence of the United Kingdom is always the first duty of any Government.

As part of our defence industrial strategy, we will invest £250m across five regions for Defence Growth Deals - including one in Northern Ireland which already boasts a booming defence sector - and it looks like it will only get stronger in 2026.