Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 44496

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 7 April 2025

Answered: 23 April 2025

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Written Ministerial Statement of 1 April 2025 on Defence Reform, HCWS573, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of defence reform on single service budgets.

Answer

Maria Eagle

Single Service budgets now sit in the Military Strategic Headquarters (MSHQ), under the Chief of Defence Staff. Their capital investment budgets now sit with the National Armaments Director – in one ‘invest’ budget. These changes will speed up our decisio...

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