Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 122576

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 20 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

James Cartlidge

ConservativeSouth Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q33 of the oral evidence given by her Department's Permanent Secretary to the Defence Committee on 17 March 2026, HC 1779, which Departments have not agreed to the Defence Investment Plan.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Defence Investment Plan will be a Government document and plan, underpinned by the normal and appropriate collective agreement.