Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the allocated budget for the remediation works at Dalgety Bay has increased from the £10.5 million budget announced by his Department on 19 May 2021 to a cost of around £15 million as referenced by the Minister for Defence Procurement on 18 April 2023, Official Report, vol 731, col 61WH.

The budget of £10.5M million announced by the Ministry of Defence on 19 May 2021, was the initial value of the contract.

The increase in budget to circa £15 million will include planning costs, fees and other relevant disbursements.