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Home Office: Public Expenditure

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 July 2026UIN 14927

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reducti

Answered by Alex Norris

The Home Office is actively considering how to manage the 1% reduction in 2026-27 and for future years. Our priority will be protecting delivery of the Department’s priority capital projects and programmes.

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