Strategic Defence Review
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all 62 recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review 2025 will be included in the Defence Investment Plan.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) set a path for the next decade and beyond, over which Defence will be transformed. The Government accepted all 62 of the SDR’s recommendations. This is priority business, executed through a whole-of-Defence effort and driven through the reformed structures of Defence. This work is underpinned by a commitment to spend £270 billion on Defence in this Parliament, to reach 3% of GDP spend on Defence in the next Parliament, and to increase this to 3.5% by 2035. The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) will turn the SDR’s vision and recommendations into an affordable delivery plan. It will highlight how the Government's historic investment in Defence will deliver warfighting readiness to deter increasing threats and drive Defence as an engine for jobs and growth.
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