Ministry of Defence

We work for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom with global reach and influence. We will protect our people, territories, values and interests at home and overseas, through strong armed forces and in partnership with allies, to ensure our security, support our national interests and safeguard our prosperity. MOD is a ministerial department, supported by 25 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP
  Secretary of State for Defence
• The Rt Hon James Heappey MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Armed Forces)
• James Cartlidge MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Defence Procurement)
• The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families)
• Baroness Goldie DL
  Minister of State

Petitions linked to this department

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• Reverse Cadet Forces Funding Cuts by Min of Defence and the Dept of Education.
  Opened on Thursday 12th December 2024
  11,995 signatures so far

• Hold a statutory public inquiry into historical abuse of LGBT service personnel
  Opened on Tuesday 10th December 2024
  30 signatures so far

• Increase Private pay in the army so it's not the same as the Recruits'
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  44 signatures so far

• Increase Army pay by 30% and an additional £1000 per full year served
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Increase defence spending to 3% of GDP
  Open from Monday 29th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Install a British ‘iron dome’ missile defence system
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  35 signatures

• Require UK citizens fighting for foreign military be vetted before return to UK
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  33 signatures

• Create a priority housing, healthcare and welfare system for veterans
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  121 signatures

• Create fast-track citizenship route for soldiers from commonwealth & families
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,307 signatures

• Offer surplus military equipment to Ukraine
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  220 signatures

• Allow families of armed forces personnel access to Defence Dental Services
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  397 signatures

• Exclude pre-marriage assets from divorce settlements in England and Wales
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Hold inquiry into the standards of armed forces accommodation
  Open from Monday 18th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  137 signatures

• Implement the planned MOD's New Accommodation Offer, which is due in March 2024
  Open from Friday 8th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,042 signatures

• Build public bomb shelters and provide funding for people to build their own
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,140 signatures

• Donate all artillery shells to Ukraine
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  113 signatures

• Don’t decommission HMS Westminster, Argyll, Bulwark & Albion and more RN funding
  Open from Monday 26th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Increase military spending to 4.2% of GDP
  Open from Tuesday 20th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  102 signatures

• Seek to create a UK civilian army of 250,000 troops
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Review the MOD's New Accommodation Offer for armed forces personnel
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20,677 signatures

• Significantly increase the amount to be spent on our armed forces
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  132 signatures

• Increase the size of the British Army
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Commit to no reduction in military medical personnel for 5 Years
  Open from Tuesday 30th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  19 signatures

• Create a new medal to recognise Cold War Veterans
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,530 signatures

• Increase funding for the RAF to better support Ukraine
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  142 signatures

• Allow people to serve in the Armed Forces past 60
  Open from Monday 15th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  172 signatures

• Replace the Service Complaints process with a Military Employment Tribunal
  Open from Thursday 4th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,546 signatures

• Donate Tranche 1 Typhoon aircraft to Ukraine instead of stripping for parts
  Open from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,191 signatures

• Do not prevent people joining the military reserves due to food allergies
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Increase support for homeless veterans
  Open from Friday 8th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  128 signatures

• Replace the Armed Forces Complaints process with an independent civilian body
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Require a public vote before the UK can become involved in a foreign conflict
  Open from Thursday 30th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  211 signatures

• Create a Sikh regiment in the British army
  Open from Wednesday 29th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  117 signatures

• Recall the Royal Navy and RAF deployed to support Israel
  Open from Friday 27th October 2023 to Saturday 27th April 2024
  2,800 signatures

• Don't count military pensions as income for means-tested benefits
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  31 signatures

• Extend health and safety legislation to cover armed forces personnel overseas
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  4,029 signatures

• Require National Service for people from the age of 18 for three years
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  123 signatures

• Increase our military.
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  68 signatures

• Extend rights to preserved pensions to veterans who left service before 1975
  Open from Friday 8th September 2023 to Friday 8th March 2024
  649 signatures

• Make false claims about serving in the armed forces a specific criminal offence
  Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
  1,639 signatures

• Create ration packs for food intolerances so more people can join the military
  Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
  45 signatures

• Require Ministry of Defence to make contact with ex service personnel 6 months
  Open from Thursday 27th July 2023 to Saturday 27th January 2024
  1,154 signatures

• Improve Mental Health Support in the Armed Forces
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  176 signatures

• Fund priority dental care for members of the armed forces and their families
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  85 signatures

• Increase the Royal Navy fleet
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  66 signatures

• Launch a Public Inquiry into Gulf War syndrome
  Open from Tuesday 4th July 2023 to Thursday 4th January 2024
  211 signatures

• Create a national advocacy support service for UK veterans
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  98 signatures

• Urge other nations to prevent looting of British shipwrecks
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  33 signatures

• Set up a UK investigatory office on UFOs/UAPs
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  1,595 signatures

• Extend the Veterans Travel Card to include Commonwealth Veterans
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  663 signatures

• Allow the NATO medal issued for Operation Cabrit to be worn by service members
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  20 signatures

• Make all WW2 service records public
  Open from Tuesday 21st February 2023 to Monday 21st August 2023
  44 signatures

• Review and enhance the rights of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) tenants
  Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
  1,158 signatures

• Create an office to receive information about 'unidentified anomalous phenomena'
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  49 signatures

• Gift all Challenger 2 Tanks and Warrior AFVs to Ukraine
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  35 signatures

• Make impersonating military personnel a specific criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  1,682 signatures

• Allow people with diabetes type 1 to join the Armed Forces
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  27 signatures

• Referendum on the UK joining Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  18 signatures

• Set up the system for armed forces veterans to apply for a Veteran ID card
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  1,533 signatures

• Entitle all members of the Armed Forces to the National Minimum Wage.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd November 2022 to Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  24 signatures

• Abandon Trident to save billions for public services
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  37 signatures

• Allow all British Army soldiers to grow neatly trimmed facial hair
  Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
  197 signatures

• Provide any necessary military hardware needed to defend Ukraine.
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  114 signatures

• Fund free rail travel for all military personnel.
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  22 signatures

• Public Inquiry into the loss of HMS Glorious, Acasta and Ardent
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  219 signatures

• Fund all care costs for retired military and service dogs
  Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
  28 signatures

• Increase Defence Spending to at least 3% of the United Kingdom’s GDP
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  33 signatures

• Make 'stolen valour' - false claims about military service - a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 27th June 2022 to Tuesday 10th January 2023
  124 signatures

• Commit to not storing US nuclear weapons in the UK
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  81 signatures

• Allow European Union citizens to join the UK Army or Army Reserve
  Open from Wednesday 25th May 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022
  21 signatures

• Hold a referendum on sending deadly weapons to Ukraine
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  191 signatures

• End military aid to Ukraine to avoid the risk of nuclear war with Russia
  Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
  597 signatures

• Work internationally to provide army surplus protective clothing to Ukraine
  Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
  46 signatures

• Fund the building of communal fallout shelters across the country
  Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
  39 signatures

• Help volunteers in the UK to join the Ukraine International Legion
  Open from Wednesday 16th March 2022 to Friday 30th September 2022
  58 signatures

• Exempt UK military personnel travelling to fight for Ukraine from prosecution
  Open from Tuesday 15th March 2022 to Thursday 29th September 2022
  24 signatures

• Offer transport to the UK and healthcare to wounded Ukrainians
  Open from Thursday 10th March 2022 to Saturday 24th September 2022
  31 signatures

• Implement the recommendations of the ISC Russia report
  Open from Friday 4th March 2022 to Sunday 4th September 2022
  677 signatures

• Reinstate national service (military or medical) for all aged 18-40
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  70 signatures

• Urgently & Substantially build up the UK Armed Force's conventional Capabilities
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  95 signatures

• Do not send any UK military to Ukraine, and send aid only
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  65 signatures

• Create an Operation Rescript medal for Armed Forces supporting Covid-19 response
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  110 signatures

• Require public referendums to approve participation in any armed conflict
  Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
  64 signatures

• Confirm a timeline for rollout of Veterans ID card to all veterans
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  45 signatures

• Exempt UK military personnel from paying Income Tax while abroad.
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  34 signatures

• Ban trail hunting on Ministry of Defence property
  Open from Monday 31st January 2022 to Sunday 31st July 2022
  1,043 signatures

• Replace the real bearskins used for the Queen’s Guard’s caps with faux fur
  Open from Thursday 6th January 2022 to Wednesday 6th July 2022
  106,354 signatures

• Allow people with peanut / nut allergies to join the armed forces
  Open from Thursday 6th January 2022 to Wednesday 6th July 2022
  62 signatures

• Support our Forces - Establish the Wider Service Medal
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  4,269 signatures

• Review use of hazardous substances in the military
  Open from Friday 31st December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  164 signatures

• Increase daily rates for low-ranked Army Reserve soldiers
  Open from Wednesday 27th October 2021 to Wednesday 27th April 2022
  24 signatures

• Finally give existing military Veterans a Veterans ID card
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  9,448 signatures

• Accept Commonwealth applicants to the Royal Navy after 3 year's residence
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  56 signatures

• Give a bonus to troops involved in the evacuation effort in Afghanistan
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  21 signatures

• Fund improved mental health aftercare for veterans
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  496 signatures

• Retain and maintain the RAF's last 14 C-130 Hercules aircraft
  Open from Thursday 26th August 2021 to Saturday 26th February 2022
  85 signatures

• Hold a judge-led inquiry into the UK's operations in Afghanistan 2001 to 2021
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  123 signatures

• Introduce mandatory Military service period of 2 years for those aged 18-26
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  25 signatures

• Redeploy UK Forces to Afghanistan to protect the citizens against the Taliban

• Redeploy UK Forces to Afghanistan to protect the citizens against the Taliban
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  208 signatures

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