Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 127188

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Investment Plan will be a ten year plan from the 2025-26 financial year.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is the next step in turning the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) into action. It is a 10-year plan, and the first zero-based review of Defence’s budgets in eighteen years and goes significantly further than the last Governm...

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