Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2026, to question 36262 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, what proportion of the Year 1 £352 million for 2027-28 is allocated to a) investment and b) readiness.

The Department is midway through its annual strategic balance of investment process – the Strategic Planning Cycle 2027 - and is establishing new capability-portfolios, following the Strategic Defence Review. As part of these processes and Defence Reform more widely, the Digital Targeting Web's funding profile between financial year (FY) 2027-28 and FY 2029-30 is currently being refined.