Written question asked by Andrew Snowden (Conservative) on Monday, 23 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2025 (named day). It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Thursday, 26 June 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence: Contracts

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military support his Department provides to protect (a) buildings owned by and (b) personnel working for civilian defence contractors.

Answer: Contractor buildings and personnel located within the Defence Estate are covered by the security arrangements of the site at which they are situated. Depending on the outputs of the site this may include the use of military support to provide the security arrangements. For those contractor buildings and personnel not based on the Defence Estate, the Minstry of Defence (MOD) do not provide military support. Defence has well established mandated security policies and processes to ensure Defence Industry security controls and measures meet with MODs risk appetite.

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