Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his department’s Defence Industrial Strategy, published 8 September 2025, what progress has been made on accelerating energy innovation and resilience.

Since publication of the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Defence (MOD)s recognise that energy is a strategic capability that contributes directly to operational advantage, industrial resilience and warfighting readiness. The MOD continues to develop the policy, governance and innovation structures necessary to support future delivery, including the planned Defence Energy and Capability Resilience Centre of Excellence (DECX).

The MOD is working closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), as the lead government department for nuclear energy policy, to explore how Defence could support any future requirements to leverage modular nuclear technologies.