| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1791615 |
| UIN: |
43441 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3935 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Mel Stride
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| Asking Member handle: |
meljstride
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@meljstride
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether capital departmental expenditure by his Department can fund an expansion in the size of the armed forces; and how much and what proportion of the additional defence expenditure announced at the Spring Sta |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
Any expansion in the size of the Armed Forces would predominantly result in an increase to resource spending rather than capital spending. However, the capitalisation of workforce costs directly employed in bringing a capital asset into service is allowed... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |