Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 31 January 2018.
Kevan Jones
Labour, North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 25 January 2018, on his Department's Modernising Defence Programme, whether the value of identified savings his Department requires is to be realised as part of current budget assumptions.
Kevan Jones
Labour, North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 25 January 2018, on his Department's Modernising Defence Programme, whether that programme will be fiscally neutral.
Gavin Williamson
The Secretary of State for Defence
The Modernising Defence Programme will deliver the right military capability for today's, and future threats, while making sure that Defence is sustainable and affordable.
I have been speaking regularly to the Chancellor since arriving at the Ministry of Defence and will continue to do so as the programme progresses.
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