Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 79609
Military Bases
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 133 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made in implementing the Defence Estate Optimisation programme.
Answer
Luke PollardThe Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio was mobilised in 2016 and has completed, or is on construction on 22 projects having disposed of 30 surplus Ministry of Defence sites.