Written Question·Treasury·UIN 79234

Defence: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 46 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published in June 2025, CP 1338, what progress she has made on reducing the cost of finance for defence companies.

Answer

James Murray

As set out in the Defence Industrial Strategy, a Defence Finance and Investment Strategy will be published by early next year, explicitly looking at how barriers to investment in defence can be removed while making the sector more attractive for private i...

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