Defence: Finance
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish the list of infrastructure projects that will not proceed in order to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
Answered by Lucy Rigby
Departments have been asked to contribute 1p in every £1 of their capital budgets to fund the Defence Investment Plan.
Departments will decide how to deliver the required savings, prioritising cancellations, delays and efficiencies in lower‑value programmes first, while minimising impacts on frontline services and core policy priorities.
DfT will provide savings of up to £700m from its roads funding. The Department will consult on reductions to the third Road Investment Strategy including the potential cancellation of the A38 Derby Junctions and A46 Newark Bypass schemes. Departments will set out further impacts on specific policies and programmes in due course.
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