Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 15 December 2025.
Irene Campbell
Labour, North Ayrshire and Arran
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to build energetics and munitions factories.
Luke Pollard
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
We have committed £1.5 billion to move munitions production to “always on” and build six new munitions and energetics factories. Work is underway to plan the new factories.
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