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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
The Defence Investment Plan is backed by nearly £300bn of investment of the next four years, meaning the UK will now spend 2.7% of GDP on core NATO defence spending by 2027-28. Funding and plans for increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next Parliament will be set out at the next spending review, where defence will be the number one priority
Alongside NATO allies, the UK has committed to reach 3.5% of GDP on defence spending by 2035, meeting its obligations to the Defence Investment Pledge. All allies will review trajectory and spend in 2029, when NATO next reviews its capability plans.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, what the £2.4 billion under Treasury support for ongoing international objectives and more efficient defence procurement applies to.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, what the £2.4 billion under Treasury support for ongoing international objectives and more efficient defence procurement applies to.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on economic growth.
The Multilateral Defence Mechanism (MDM) is an innovative and creative way of financing defence spending that provides greater purchasing power, allowing participating countries to improve their capability within unavoidable fiscal constraints.
Its focus on joint procurement will aggregate demand and standardise defence procurement, pushing down the costs of buying equipment and making our money stretch further, as well as giving greater demand certainty for industry and helping to fix defence cost inflation. Stockpiling consumables on the MDM’s balance sheet will enable the UK to invest more upfront without crowding out other spending.
The MDM will provide supply chain financing – including to SMEs - to deliver orders, expand production and remove financial bottlenecks and will have the option to support early-stage R&D innovation and capability development. This will support economic growth and the development of the UK defence industrial base.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of UK participation in the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.
The Multilateral Defence Mechanism (MDM) is an innovative and creative way of financing defence spending that provides greater purchasing power, allowing participating countries to improve their capability within unavoidable fiscal constraints.
Its focus on joint procurement will aggregate demand and standardise defence procurement, pushing down the costs of buying equipment and making our money stretch further, as well as giving greater demand certainty for industry and helping to fix defence cost inflation. Stockpiling consumables on the MDM’s balance sheet will enable the UK to invest more upfront without crowding out other spending.
The MDM will provide supply chain financing – including to SMEs - to deliver orders, expand production and remove financial bottlenecks and will have the option to support early-stage R&D innovation and capability development. This will support economic growth and the development of the UK defence industrial base.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on inward investment into the UK defence sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism on inward investment into the UK defence sector.
The Multilateral Defence Mechanism (MDM) is an innovative and creative way of financing defence spending that provides greater purchasing power, allowing participating countries to improve their capability within unavoidable fiscal constraints.
Its focus on joint procurement will aggregate demand and standardise defence procurement, pushing down the costs of buying equipment and making our money stretch further, as well as giving greater demand certainty for industry and helping to fix defence cost inflation. Stockpiling consumables on the MDM’s balance sheet will enable the UK to invest more upfront without crowding out other spending.
The MDM will provide supply chain financing – including to SMEs - to deliver orders, expand production and remove financial bottlenecks and will have the option to support early-stage R&D innovation and capability development. This will support economic growth and the development of the UK defence industrial base.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 43, of the £120m investment in the Multinational Hormuz Mission has come from the contingency reserve.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 43, of the £120m investment in the Multinational Hormuz Mission has come from the contingency reserve.
The UK and France stand ready to deploy the wider Multinational Military Mission to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The Chancellor has approved access to the HMT reserve to deploy additional capabilities in the Middle East for this operation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Defence funding update, published on 30 June, HCWS165, how much of the £298 billion to be spent on defence over the next four years will be spent in financial year (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Defence funding update, published on 30 June, HCWS165, how much of the £298 billion to be spent on defence over the next four years will be spent in financial year (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c)...
The Defence Investment Plan is backed by £298bn of investment over the next four years, from 2026-27 to 2029-30.
The total Ministry of Defence budget is £68.3bn in 2026-27; £73.8bn in 2027-28; £76.5bn in 2028-29; and £79.1bn in 2029-30.
More information on the funding of the Defence Investment Plan is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-investment-plan/the-defence-investment-plan-funding-explainer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 3, whether defence will be the number one priority at the next spending review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 3, whether defence will be the number one priority at the next spending review.
As stated in the Defence Investment Plan, the government is committed to increasing defence spending to 3.0% GDP in the next parliament. Funding to achieve this will be set out at the next spending review, where defence will be the number one priority.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish the list of infrastructure projects that will not proceed in order to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish the list of infrastructure projects that will not proceed in order to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
Departments have been asked to contribute 1p in every £1 of their capital budgets to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
Departments will decide how to deliver the required savings, prioritising cancellations, delays and efficiencies in lower‑value programmes first, while minimising impacts on frontline services and core policy priorities.
DfT will provide savings of up to £700m from its roads funding. The Department will consult on reductions to the third Road Investment Strategy including the potential cancellation of the A38 Derby Junctions and A46 Newark Bypass schemes. Departments will set out further impacts on specific policies and programmes in due course.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the potential economic impact from (i) cancellation, (ii) delay, (iii) descoping, (iv) or reprofiling of energy and transport projects to fund increases in defence spending.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the potential economic impact from (i) cancellation, (ii) delay, (iii) descoping, (iv) or reprofiling of energy and transport projects to fund increases in defence spending.
A safer, more secure country is the right environment for the investment needed to deliver economic growth.
This Government’s commitment to the fiscal rules is non-negotiable. To fund the Defence Investment Plan within the fiscal rules, departments have been asked to identify savings from delays, cancellations and efficiencies where appropriate, while maintaining a focus on value for money and supporting the Government’s wider growth objectives. This approach helps keep inflation and household costs down now, and means we aren’t loading debt onto future generations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide a breakdown of how much of the current financial settlement for the Defence Investment Plan is unfunded.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide a breakdown of how much of the current financial settlement for the Defence Investment Plan is unfunded.
The government has confirmed an additional £15 billion for the Defence Investment Plan between 2026-27 and 2029-30. This package has been funded by reprioritising public spending, acting within our fiscal rules and without taking resources away from day-to-day spending on frontline services. It is funded primarily by reallocating budget from across government departments, with £10.3 billion identified now. A further £4.7 billion over four years will be confirmed at Budget 2026, in a fair and balanced way.
A more detailed breakdown can be found in The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer - GOV.UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds to increase defence spending.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds to increase defence spending.
On 30 June, the Prime Minister announced £15bn of additional defence spending for the Defence Investment Plan. More information, including a ‘Funding Explainer’, is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-investment-plan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds.
On 30 June, the Prime Minister announced £15bn of additional defence spending for the Defence Investment Plan. More information, including a ‘Funding Explainer’, is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-investment-plan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made in delivering the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made in delivering the Multilateral Defence Mechanism.
On 17 March, the UK announced our intention to explore setting up a new mechanism for defence financing and joint procurement together with Finland, the Netherlands and other NATO allies.
This mechanism will aim to finance and aggregate demand, drive joint procurement, accelerate defence investment, and increase the availability of critical capabilities such as munitions as we step up shared defence and security commitments.
Together with our partners, we are working rapidly to develop the proposal further.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of estimating factors such as risk, returns and readiness for delivery of any defence-related projects being delivered through the infrastructure pipeline.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of estimating factors such as risk, returns and readiness for delivery of any defence-related projects being delivered through the infrastructure pipeline.
The dynamic Infrastructure Pipeline dashboard provides broad sector insight on projected demand, costs and timing and is not designed to assess project risk, returns or readiness. Furthermore, the Infrastructure Pipeline covers physical infrastructure and construction projects only, and therefore is not representative of all capital spending by the Ministry of Defence. The latest March 2026 Pipeline does not include any project level entries for defence as the Defence Investment Plan had not been finalised. NISTA’s Annual Report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) includes a project delivery confidence assessment.
Defence projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio are covered by the standard GMPP assurance process. This includes reviews at key stages, which consider risk, deliverability and readiness to proceed, and inform delivery confidence assessments. Any issues identified are then addressed through the normal assurance process.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects being delivered through the infrastructure pipeline relate to national defence; and what proportion of all infrastructure pipeline projects they represent.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects being delivered through the infrastructure pipeline relate to national defence; and what proportion of all infrastructure pipeline projects they represent.
The current Infrastructure Pipeline, updated on 9 March 2026, includes one aggregated line on defence infrastructure spending. Once the Defence Investment Plan is published, project level detail we be available and included.
The Infrastructure Pipeline line represents the total 10 year capital and resource committed Infrastructure Plan expenditure at SR25 excluding Aquatrine and Utilities spend. This is reported as £3.51 billion of planned expenditure. It is important to note that the Infrastructure Pipeline includes physical infrastructure and construction only, and therefore is not representative of all capital spending by the Ministry of Defence.
The July 2025 publication of the Pipeline included 71 projects and 5 programmes in the defence sector. At the time of the July publication, this represented £20.4 billion of expenditure.
Following the publication of the Defence Investment Plan, we expect to reflect all Defence projects meeting our inclusion thresholds in future iterations of the Pipeline
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussion has she has had with NATO-Partner countries on membership of the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussion has she has had with NATO-Partner countries on membership of the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
The UK announced that it is exploring setting up the Multilateral Defence Mechanism with Finland, the Netherlands and other partners by 2027. This will be designed to improve value for money and increase standardisation in the defence sector through joint procurement. It will enhance collaboration among allies and improve interoperability. It will aim to increase the availability of munitions and other critical capabilities when we need them most and aim to support a more resilient and efficient defence industrial sector, underpinned by more certainty of orders from aggregated demand through joint procurement from its members.
The Chancellor regularly discusses with NATO allies the need to meet the challenge jointly of increasing expenditure on our defence and resilience.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential benefit to the UK of joining the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential benefit to the UK of joining the proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
The UK announced that it is exploring setting up the Multilateral Defence Mechanism with Finland, the Netherlands and other partners by 2027. This will be designed to improve value for money and increase standardisation in the defence sector through joint procurement. It will enhance collaboration among allies and improve interoperability. It will aim to increase the availability of munitions and other critical capabilities when we need them most and aim to support a more resilient and efficient defence industrial sector, underpinned by more certainty of orders from aggregated demand through joint procurement from its members.
The Chancellor regularly discusses with NATO allies the need to meet the challenge jointly of increasing expenditure on our defence and resilience.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with European counterparts on the development of international finance partnerships to support defence and security cooperation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with European counterparts on the development of international finance partnerships to support defence and security cooperation.
Challenging times for global and European security call for novel solutions, which is why the UK is working with Finland, the Netherlands and other likeminded NATO allies on collective defence financing and procurement, exploring a new mechanism to support this by 2027.
Together, we can accelerate standardisation, expand industrial capacity and drive greater deterrence to meet our shared defence and security commitments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using defence bonds as a way to finance capital-intensive commitments in the Strategic Defence Review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using defence bonds as a way to finance capital-intensive commitments in the Strategic Defence Review.
There are no plans to relax these fiscal rules, increase taxation or introduce defence bonds to support further defence spending.