Defence Exports Office

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the scope of the defence exports office.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 15th September 2025

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade continues to have regular discussions with all Cabinet colleagues, including the Secretary of State for Defence.

The defence exports office officially transferred to the Ministry of Defence on 31st of July as confirmed in the Prime Minister’s statement made on the 3rd of June 2025.

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