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Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

Asked by Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 14968

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which capital projects have been (a) cancelled, (b) delayed, (c) descoped and (d) reprofiled to fund the Defence Investment Plan by region, original funding allocation and revised funding allocation.

Answered by Jake Richards

Departments have been asked to contribute 1p in every £1 of their capital budgets to fund this Government’s Defence Investment Plan, helping keep the country safe in an increasingly volatile world.

The Ministry of Justice will set out further impacts on specific policies and programmes in due course.

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