Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to The Defence Investment Plan Funding explainer, published on 30 June 2026, if she will confirm whether her department is required to contribute to the funding laid out under line 5, “Reduce departmental capital budgets by one per cent”.

Departments have been asked to contribute 1 percent of their capital budgets to help fund the Defence Investment Plan. I can confirm that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is required to contribute to this.