Question follow-through · 10140
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact on defence capability of reducing the level of funding requested by the armed forces in the preparation of the Defence Investment Plan; and whether any
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 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
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact on defence capability of reducing the level of funding requested by the armed forces in the preparation of the Defence Investment Plan; and whether any
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
This government is providing record investment to Defence, and the upcoming Defence Investment Plan will set out clearly how the UK will deliver the ambition of the Strategic Defence Review.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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