Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the HM Treasury, Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, what programmes will be reduced to finance the reduced departmental capital budget in the Cabinet Office; and what is the monetary value of the reduction.

To deliver the Defence Investment Plan Cabinet Office’s capital budgets will reduce by 1% each year from 2026/27 to 2029/30. For the current financial year this equates to £6m.