Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, whether his Department is required to contribute to the funding laid out under line 5, “Reduce departmental capital budgets by one per cent”.

National security is the first duty of any government, and it must be backed by economic security and a plan to pay for our commitments. To this end, the Chancellor has asked that the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade contribute one per cent of the department’s capital budgets across the current Spending Review period to support the Defence Investment Plan. This funding will be reallocated as part of the Supplementary Estimates process.