Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Main Supply Estimates 2014-15, HC 1233 of Session 2013-14, for what reasons he seeks Parliamentary authority to appropriate £7.5 billion in capital expenditure instead of the £8.7 billion allocated in the June 2013 spending round; and if he will make a statement.

An explanation of the variance between the 2010 CSR Settlement and Main Estimates 2014-15 was provided in written evidence to the Defence Committee and published on 24 June 2014: Memorandum for the Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2014/15, Table 11:

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/defence-committee/mod-main-estimates-201415/written/10953.html