Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to the defence nuclear enterprise in the spring budget 2023 his Department plans to allocate to (a) Atomic Weapons Establishment and (b) associated programmes.

The £3 billion uplift announced for the Defence Nuclear Enterprise in the Spring Statement now forms part of its overall funding allocation for the next two years. Funding will be managed routinely through the Department’s in year financial processes and allocated to nuclear projects in accordance with Departmental priorities.