Question follow-through · 3128
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Defence Investment Plan has not yet been published.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Defence Investment Plan has not yet been published.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2026
Answer published
We are working to finalise the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). We will publish it as soon as we can, but our aim is to ensure decisions in the DIP are robust and support the development of both current and future capabilities, helping to drive the transfor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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