Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timeline was for media engagement on the release of the Strategic Defence Review 2025.

For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to members of Defence staff and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies, and the media. The media briefing began at 1030 on Monday 2 June, and was supported by Ministerial interviews with a range of media outlets.

This is broadly consistent with the approach for previous defence reviews. At no point did stakeholders receive any commercially sensitive information ahead of publication.