Defence: Expenditure

Question

The Ministry of Defence secured £16.5 billion additional funding in the 2020 Spending Review. While this will help address existing pressures, we will still need to make changes and take difficult decisions to ensure financial sustainability and adapt to current and future conflict. We will decide on the allocation of the settlement funding as part of our normal Departmental financial planning and budgeting process. The financial settlement, alongside the Integrated Review, will allow Defence to meet its priorities and commitments on a sustainable basis.