Question follow-through · 2112
Defence: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 164 on Defence: Expenditure, whether the future fiscal event will cover the potential impact of the Department’s timetable for reaching on the Astute Class subma
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 29 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 164 on Defence: Expenditure, whether the future fiscal event will cover the potential impact of the Department’s timetable for reaching on the Astute Class subma
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
The pathway to 2.5% will set the overall envelope for Defence spending. Funding for specific programmes is considered as part of the Department’s annual budget setting process.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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