Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 March 2018, Official Report, column 10, whether the Modernising Defence Programme is planned to include new risk assessments separate to the National Security Risk Assessment.
The Modernising Defence Programme will be informed by the current global security situation and threat context, building on the National Security Risk Assessment 2015 and the work conducted across Government for the National Security Capability Review.