Written Question·Treasury·UIN 43440

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 11 April 2025

Question

Sir Mel Stride

ConservativeCentral Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the additional defence expenditure she announced at the Spring Statement falls under capital departmental expenditure limits; what proportion falls under resource departmental expenditure limits;

Answer

Darren Jones
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement document, published on 26 March, set out the Resource DEL and Capital DEL uplifts to defence spending over the scorecard period.A greater proportion of the uplift will be Capital DEL funding. This reflects the needs of de...

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