Question follow-through · 907605
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 7 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
27 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department is working flat out to deliver the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) which will be published as soon as possible. The DIP is backed by the Government’s largest sustained increase in defence investment since the end of the Cold War, spending £27...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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