Question follow-through · 95609
Armed Forces: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in financial years (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 3 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
1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of financial savings the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, and (c) Royal Air Force have been asked to make in financial years (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to him in response to his Question 93654 of 24 November 2025. The Ministry of Defence applies in-year controls across the Department to manage performance against the Defence budget and these controls are s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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