Question follow-through · 1962
Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the underspends within (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies in (i) this financial year and (ii) across the Spending Review period.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 26 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 5 Aug 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the underspends within (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies in (i) this financial year and (ii) across the Spending Review period.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Aug 2024
Answer published
The Department’s financial outturn is set out in the published Annual Report and Accounts. Figures for 2024-25 will be made available in next year’s Annual Report and Accounts following the end of the financial year. For individual Arms Length Bodies (ALB...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defence: Expenditure
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