Question follow-through · 6309
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on employment and national security.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 8 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 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on employment and national security.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
As I set out to the House today we will publish the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) before the NATO summit. The DIP is the next step in turning the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) into action. The plan is intended to grow the UK defence industrial base and s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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