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Defence: Finance

Asked by Dr Andrew MurrisonConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 907605

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Department is working flat out to deliver the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) which will be published as soon as possible.

The DIP is backed by the Government’s largest sustained increase in defence investment since the end of the Cold War, spending £270 billion on defence in this Parliament alone.

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