Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 116529

Defence: Investment

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

James Cartlidge

ConservativeSouth Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timeline is for publishing a terms of reference for the Defence Investment Plan.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is the next step in turning the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) into action. It is the first zero-based review of Defence’s budgets in eighteen years and goes significantly further than the last Government’s Equipment Plan...

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