Question follow-through · 110037
Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 101383 on Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information, what is the evidential basis for the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry's statement
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 11 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
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 101383 on Government Actuary's Department: Freedom of Information, what is the evidential basis for the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry's statement
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
It is incorrect to present the nominal costs as the true amount, and to ignore the effects of inflation and the changing value of money on the real costs of a deal that lasts 99 years.The figures published by the Government Actuary's Department clearly sh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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