Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech, Hard as well as soft power: the case for modern defence, made on 15 March 2018, whether he has plans to review Project Helios as a result of the development of a new Chemical Weapons Defence Centre.

The £48 million funding is in addition to the funding of Project Helios. The Chemical Weapons Defence Centre (CWDC) has been designed to be built as an adjacent linked building as part of the final construction of Helios. This was done to gain maximum efficiency of construction costs and reduce overall running costs. The final phase of Project Helios has already been approved by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The CWDC and the final build under Project Helios have been subject to review within the MOD, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury prior to their approval.