Question follow-through · 57136
Defence: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to achieve £6 billion in new efficiencies within the defence budget during this parliament; and what the sources of these will be.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 6 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
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to achieve £6 billion in new efficiencies within the defence budget during this parliament; and what the sources of these will be.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
As set out in the SDR, we have identified £6 billion of new savings over the course of this Parliament, through efficiency and productivity savings, civilian workforce changes, structural simplification and contractual efficiencies.Alongside the Defence I...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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