Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which parliamentary constituency each project referred to in paragraph 2.47 of the Summer Budget 2015 is based.

The majority of the recipient charities and good causes mentioned in paragraph 2.47 of the Summer Budget 2015 are Defence related and can be considered to be “National”. The exceptions being:

• Ludlow Museum £0.25 million – to facilitate the publication online of the unique and historically important geological collections held in Ludlow - Ludlow;

• regeneration of the National Memorial Arboretum £2 million – to protect the long term future of the Memorial and to preserve it for the next generation – Lichfield;

• Clock Tower Foundation £3 million – to provide a bespoke rehabilitation centre to support the Special Forces – North Herefordshire; and

• Battle of Britain Bunker £1 million – to renovate and maintain the Battle of Britain Operations Room at RAF Uxbridge which coordinated the air defence of London and the South of England in WWII – Uxbridge.