Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 42 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published in June 2025, CP 1338, what progress she has made on scaling up the National Security Strategic Investment Fund.

The government’s recent Spending Review included the scaling of the National Security Strategic Investment Fund – further funding will therefore be provided from the next financial year. Officials from relevant government departments are currently working together to optimise the fund’s operations to ensure the National Security and Defence community and start-ups across the country benefit from its expansion.