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 24 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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• Keep open local Army Reserve Centres and reopen recently closed ones
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  76 signatures so far

• Require social workers for soldiers and veterans with PTSD who have families
  Opened on Thursday 23rd April 2026
  48 signatures so far

• Veterans to keep benefit entitlement when in receipt of medical compensation
  Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
  83 signatures so far

• Allow People with Type 1 Diabetes to Serve in the UK Armed Forces
  Opened on Friday 17th April 2026
  31 signatures so far

• Issue defence bonds
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  22 signatures so far

• Establish and fund a National Defence Reinvestment Programme
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  284 signatures so far

• Do not increase defence spending due to situation in Iran
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  24 signatures so far

• Ensure every UK Armed Forces veteran funeral is offered Armed Forces recognition
  Opened on Friday 10th April 2026
  152 signatures so far

• Ensure the Red Arrows fly a British-designed and built aircraft
  Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
  1,153 signatures so far

• Stop allowing the US to use British bases for any action against Iran
  Opened on Tuesday 7th April 2026
  709 signatures so far

• Match US transparency by releasing all existing UAP records
  Opened on Tuesday 7th April 2026
  31 signatures so far

• Hold an immediate parliamentary vote on US use of UK bases
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  461 signatures so far

• Introduce Mandatory National Service or Training for Youth Offenders.
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  75 signatures so far

• Seize all Russia-linked shadow fleet tankers
  Opened on Tuesday 24th March 2026
  160 signatures so far

• Propose the creation of a new defence treaty in Europe as an alternative to NATO
  Opened on Monday 23rd March 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Fund £10,000 armed forces funeral grants & pension inheritance rules
  Opened on Wednesday 18th March 2026
  385 signatures so far

• Increase funding for veteran-led organisation supporting veterans into work
  Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
  14,903 signatures so far

• Allow humanitarian medal to be awarded retrospectively
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  52 signatures so far

• Eject US Armed Forces personnel from bases hosted by UK & apply to join BRICS
  Opened on Wednesday 11th March 2026
  53 signatures so far

• Make the destruction or scrapping of UK military medals a criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 5th March 2026
  78 signatures so far

• Transition the UK Nuclear Deterrent to Full Strategic and Technical Independence
  Opened on Friday 27th February 2026
  74 signatures so far

• Disregard compensation paid to injured service personnel from UC calculation
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  12,385 signatures so far

• Fund access to private health care for all injured British veterans
  Opened on Wednesday 25th February 2026
  60 signatures so far

• UC must cover housing costs following marriage breakdown in forces accommodation
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  26 signatures so far

• Seek a joint UK-French force to counter illegal migration & fund joint training
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  24 signatures so far

• End funding for military interventions overseas and spend taxes in the UK.
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  79 signatures so far

• Fund annual prostate screening for all members of the UK Armed Forces
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  26 signatures so far

• End the Use of Bearskin in the Kings Guard Headgear
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  120 signatures so far

• Send 140 surplus Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine for defence.
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  33 signatures so far

• Expel all US military personnel and close all US military bases in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  4,417 signatures so far

• Reintroduce conscription for the military, firefighters and NHS workers
  Opened on Friday 23rd January 2026
  35 signatures so far

• Petition for UK Defensive Border & Rear‑Area Logistics Support to Ukraine
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  421 signatures so far

• Extend ELCAS claim period for Armed Forces Personnel after leaving service
  Opened on Friday 16th January 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Introduce mandatory military conscription for people over 18
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  43 signatures so far

• Recognise ‘Veteran’ as a protected characteristic in law.
  Opened on Tuesday 6th January 2026
  7,698 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to sell MoD medals to members of the public who have not served
  Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
  25 signatures so far

• Establish national UFO reporting office & cooperate with other countries on UFOs
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  206 signatures so far

• Allow people with coeliac disease to join the armed forces
  Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
  60 signatures so far

• Stop asylum seekers being given housing in military establishments
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  138 signatures so far

• Deploy UK forces to demilitarize terror infrastructure & weaponry from Gaza
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Release unredacted medical records to Nuclear Test Veterans.
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  163 signatures so far

• Commit to not deploying British Troops to Ukraine
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  5,366 signatures so far

• Introduce legislation to ensure national marking of Remembrance Day
  Opened on Wednesday 26th November 2025
  357 signatures so far

• New programme of support & housing for homeless veterans
  Opened on Wednesday 12th November 2025
  249 signatures so far

• Issue earned medals to Armed Forces Veterans automatically without need to apply
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  81 signatures

• Diabetes should not prevent someone serving in the British armed forces
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  237 signatures

• Make impersonating military service/wearing unearned medals a criminal offence
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  16,710 signatures

• Require British Gurkha pensions to only be paid in British pounds sterling
  Open from Monday 29th September 2025 to Sunday 29th March 2026
  41 signatures

• Create a Sikh regiment in the British Army
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  67 signatures

• Compensation for Christmas Island H- bomb test veterans, families & inhabitants
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  57 signatures

• Increase defence spending to 5.5% GDP by 2029
  Open from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 to Monday 2nd March 2026
  93 signatures

• Increase the foreign aid budget so Royal Navy can fund and deploy hospital ships
  Open from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 to Monday 2nd March 2026
  26 signatures

• Stop arms sales and any military support to Ukraine and Israel.
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  99 signatures

• Launch a National Inquiry into the MoD’s Afghan Data Breach and Its Consequences
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Remove requirement for 2 years service to qualify for Armed Force pensions
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  26 signatures

• Recognise Junior Service (16 - 18) in HM Armed Forces as Pensionable Service
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  48 signatures

• Establish an independent defence review board to axe obsolete military spending
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  31 signatures

• To serve at least 1 year in the armed forces before been classed as a veteran
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  27 signatures

• Replace any tanks lost in Ukraine to maintain the number originally given
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  34 signatures

• Ban intelligence services use of public personal data for creating/training AI
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  227 signatures

• Send the navy into the channel to help stop illegal migrants entering the UK
  Open from Thursday 10th July 2025 to Saturday 10th January 2026
  1,564 signatures

• Commit to no military involvement in attacks on Iran
  Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
  115 signatures

• Exempt medically discharged Commonwealth service people from immigration control
  Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
  189 signatures

• Introduce national service for all young people
  Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
  88 signatures

• Donate a small number of retired jets to Ukraine
  Open from Friday 4th July 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
  75 signatures

• Withdraw UK from Ottawa Treaty and the Convention on Cluster Munitions
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  13 signatures

• Remove ban on people with certain mental health conditions joining military
  Open from Monday 23rd June 2025 to Tuesday 23rd December 2025
  18 signatures

• Establish a Home Deposit Scheme for Military Veterans
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  48 signatures

• Scrap six-year time limit for claims in Overseas Operations Act
  Open from Tuesday 10th June 2025 to Wednesday 10th December 2025
  110 signatures

• Raise the annual limit on Commonwealth recruits for the UK Armed Forces
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  33 signatures

• End the face tattoo ban in UK Armed Forces
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  37 signatures

• Fund and build air raid sirens system for civil defence
  Open from Monday 2nd June 2025 to Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  37 signatures

• Establish an Independent Inquiry into alleged Sexual Abuse in the Armed Forces
  Open from Wednesday 21st May 2025 to Friday 21st November 2025
  164 signatures

• Publish updated statistics on Armed Forces Veteran suicides annually
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  5,360 signatures

• Fund social housing for military personnel leaving HM Forces
  Open from Wednesday 14th May 2025 to Friday 14th November 2025
  97 signatures

• National service for young men unlikely to finish school and asylum seekers
  Open from Wednesday 14th May 2025 to Friday 14th November 2025
  111 signatures

• Require parliamentary supermajority for certain overseas military action & bases
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  26 signatures

• Exempt Armed Forces members & Veterans repaying Student Loans & create grants
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  24 signatures

• Immediately increase defence spending to 4% GDP for 2yrs, then 3.5% GDP onwards
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  38 signatures

• Allow Veterans who left before 1987 to claim compensation for hearing loss.
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  18,429 signatures

• Stop all intelligence sharing with the US
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  73 signatures

• Allow people who require Epi-Pens to serve in the armed forces
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  18 signatures

• Seek to create UK/European defence force to assist Ukrainian forces
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  62 signatures

• Allow Type 1 diabetics to be individually assessed to join the Armed Forces
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  111 signatures

• Increase defence spending in the UK to at least 4% of GDP, immediately
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  56 signatures

• Review Government's approach to redacting Polish Military Records held by MoD
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  2,908 signatures

• Protect Military Families: Mandate 6ft Fences In Gardens
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  1,060 signatures

• Hold a UK referendum before joining any defence and security pact with the EU.
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  23,530 signatures

• Require all military sexual assault claims be handled by civilian authorities
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  104 signatures

• Loosen nationality requirements for allied personnel to enter UK Armed Forces
  Open from Thursday 10th April 2025 to Friday 10th October 2025
  19 signatures

• Launch investigation into health of UK veterans who served in the Gulf War
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  27 signatures

• Fund advertisement and communications about mental health support for veterans
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  20 signatures

• Create a voluntary contribution fund for the UK armed forces
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  21 signatures

• Fund construction of new fighter jets
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  50 signatures

• Transfer UK Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  20,068 signatures

• Expel all US military personnel from military bases in the UK
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  65 signatures

• Don't increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP & change approach
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  1,023 signatures

• Deploy UK peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to help secure European freedom
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  49 signatures

• Scrap 100 Year Deal With Ukraine And Fund State Of The Art NHS Hospitals Instead
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  70 signatures

• Launch a public enquiry into Veterans UK
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  2,192 signatures

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