Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of how the £16.5 billion to be allocated to his Department under the Spending Review 2020 will be spent.

The defence of the UK must always be led by the threats we must deter and defeat. The settlement we have received will set our Armed Forces up for the next decade. However, we will still have to take hard decisions to ensure we're spending our defence budget in the most effective way. Work to finalise the Integrated Review and how this settlement will be used is ongoing. We are in the final phase and are focused on aligning our ambition with our resources.