Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 7496

Defence: Research

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024
Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2024 to Question 3738 on Defence: Research, whether the spending review process will cover spending on defence research and development in (a) this financial year and (b) th

Answer

Luke Pollard
Spend on research and development will be covered within Departmental plans as part of the Spending Review process. The Chancellor has set out the time period to be covered by this process.