Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022, (ii) 1 March to 31 May 2022 and (iii) 1 June to 31 August 2022.

The Secretary of State for Defence and the Ministry of Defence Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) have had one meeting between 1 June to 31 August 2022. CSA has also had meetings with other Defence Ministers; twice between 1 March to 31 May and three times between 1 June to 31 August 2022.