Written questions by Cartlidge.

With reference to page 5 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how much saving will be achieved through (a) efficiency and productivity savings, (b) civilian workforce changes and (c) structu

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Whether he has had discussions with the Rt. hon. Member for Makerfield on the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

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Whether he plans to accelerate the delivery of the Global Combat Air Programme.

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Whether he has a target date for the first flight trial of the Global Combat Air Programme demonstrator.

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With reference to page 5 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how much of the new savings have been achieved as of 26 June 2026.

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What is the total value of the pre-concept funding that has been allocated to Atlantic Bastion as of 25 June 2026.

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Pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106653 on Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement, whether the review of the Type 83 concept will published as part of the Royal Navy's Hybrid Strategy.

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With reference to page 6 of the Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, how much of the £1bn investment to deliver the new Digital Targeting Web has been spent as of 26 June 2026.

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Whether he has authorised a change to the timeline for delivering the Type 83 programme.

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What her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds.

On 30 June, the Prime Minister announced £15bn of additional defence spending for the Defence Investment Plan. More information, including a ‘Funding Explainer’, is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-investment-plan.

Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to implement the proposed exemption from mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for developments of less than 0.2 hectares by the end of July 2026.

Defra will bring forward secondary legislation in due course.

Whether there is a formal target for the length of service for reserves personnel in the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines.

Currently there is no formal target for length of service within the Reserves as it is dependent on when an individual joins the services. There are a variety of age cut offs for joining, depending on the service and trade, balancing the time takes to tra...

With reference to page 6 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether all of the new long-range weapons will be delivered in the current Parliament.

As a former Defence Minister, I am certain the hon. Member will recall it is not MOD policy to comment on the exact numbers of weapons procured, as disclosure of such detail could undermine operational security. The Defence Investment Plan funds a weapons...

What phase Atlantic Bastion is in.

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Whether the budget allocated to the Strategic Reserve is a separate to the budget allocated to the Volunteer Reserve.

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Whether the UK has been invited to participate in the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

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Which area of Departmental spending is the Strategic Reserve assigned to.

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What total budget has been allocated to the Volunteer Reserve in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year of the next Parliament, broken down by single service.

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Which area of Departmental spending is the Volunteer Reserve assigned to.

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Whether there is a formal target for the length of service for personnel in the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines.

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