Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 51 of the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, published on 8 September 2025, CP 1388, when he plans to publish the new approach to applying social value to incentivise industry to support the objectives within the Defence Industrial Strategy.

The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) makes a commitment to establish a Social Value Model that works for defence. This includes adopting a new approach to applying social value in defence to incentivise industry to support DIS objectives of driving growth and a more thriving industrial sector and require delivery of social value in the UK to the greatest extent possible. While it is estimated this work will be completed by the end of 2025, and implemented in 2026-27, it will build on the existing Social Value opportunities that support DIS objectives.