Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the cost envelope for the Defence Investment Plan will be based on his Department's (a) Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, (b) Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit and (c) Total Departmental Expenditure Limit settlement.

The Defence Investment Plan will be a comprehensive plan to deliver the vision set out in the Strategic Defence Review. It will cover the full scope of the defence against the Department's respective CDEL and RDEL settlements.