PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Defence (5 September 2024)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The Strategic Defence Review will determine the roles, capabilities and reforms required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats and opportunities of the twenty-first century, deliverable and affordable within the resources available to Defence within the trajectory to 2.5%. The Review will ensure that Defence is central both to the security, and to the economic growth and prosperity, of the United Kingdom.
The Review will identify where reprioritisation of roles, capabilities, activities, and support may be made in the current Defence programme, to allow new investment, achieve better value for money, and secure greater economic gain for the UK, and will make recommendations.
Answered by:
Luke Pollard (Labour)
10 September 2024
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