Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Expenditure

(asked on 16th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the written statement of 30 June 2026, HCWS165, on Defence funding update, what reductions in programme spending will be made to (a) deliver further savings and (b) reduce departmental capital budgets by one per cent.


Answered by
Michael Shanks Portrait
Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026

The savings are a small part of DESNZ's overall budget, which saw a significant uplift at Spending Review.

More details will be shared in due course

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