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Armed Forces: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference on 23 June 2026, what estimate he has made of savings.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference on 23 June 2026, what estimate he has made of savings.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, sets out some measures on how the Department will deliver £10.7 billion of efficiencies and savings alongside wider reforms to prioritisation, affordability and capability delivery.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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