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Reserve Forces: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total budget has been allocated to the Strategic Reserve in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year of the next Parliament.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total budget has been allocated to the Strategic Reserve in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year of the next Parliament.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    While the Strategic Defence Review outlines ambitions to expand and better utilise the Strategic Reserve, former Regular Service personnel and Reservists do not attract pay or pensions when they are not actively serving. The costs are typically only incur...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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