Ministerial role
Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry)
Organisations:
Ministry of Defence
Current role holder:
Luke Pollard MP
Responsibilities
- implementation of relevant SDR Vision and Recommendations
- oversight of the National Armaments Director Group
- departmental communications strategy and reform
- armed forces readiness and stockpiles
- Defence procurement, including reform and UK Defence Innovation
- submarine delivery
- Defence Industrial Strategy implementation and growth
- Defence Exports Campaign and Office
- Defence Readiness Bill
- Ukraine support - military aid and industrial partnerships, including HIRST and KINDRED
- Defence industry relationships and the Defence Industrial Joint Council
- acquisition reform/UK Defence Innovation
- climate change and sustainability
- Defence estates, accommodation and Defence Infrastructure Organisation
- artificial intelligence and innovation
- science and technology
- Defence Afghanistan Relocation and Assistance Programme (ARAP) including eligibility applications and asylum
- oversight of Parliamentary engagement
Current role holder
Luke Pollard MP
Luke Pollard was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence on 6 September 2025.
He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Defence from 9 July 2024 to 6 September 2025. He was elected as the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport in July 2024.