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Red Arrows: Finance

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64590

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) the Red Arrows and (b) other military display teams in the Spending Review 2025.

Answered by Maria Eagle

The Spending Review has set the Ministry of Defence's Departmental Expenditure Limits until Financial Year 2028-29 for Resource and until 2029-30 for Capital. These are at high-level and do not specify all spend across the Department.

Funding for individual activities, such as display teams, will be decided on an annual basis as usual.

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