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Defence: Expenditure

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 30 June 2026UIN 12882

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to question 10462 on Defence: Expenditure, for what reason he has used an estimated budget deficit amount from July 2010 rather than the actual figure based on historic acco

Answered by Luke Pollard

The figures provided were estimates because the Department had no forward settlement due to the General Election in 2010. The Spending Review in October 2010 subsequently set Departmental budgets out to 2014-15.

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