Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new defence contracts were awarded by his Department in the financial year 2025-2026.
As reported in the UK Defence Footprint 2026 publication (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ad8e09f9223b6191dab3219/MOD_UK_Defence_Footprint_2026.pdf), the Ministry of Defence awarded over 2,000 new contracts in the financial year 2025-26.