Defence: Finance
Commons · Question 127188 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Investment Plan will be a ten year plan from the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 22 Apr 2026
The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) is the next step in turning the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) into action. It is a 10-year plan, and the first zero-based review of Defence’s budgets in eighteen years and goes significantly further than the last Governm...