Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 11 of the Integrated Review Refresh 2023, CP 811, published in March 2023, how much of the £2 billion allocated to stockpiles has been committed.
Answer
The £1.95 billion referred to in the Integrated Review Refresh is not exclusively for the purpose of replenishing stockpiles. It also includes spending allocated for wider resilience such as, but not limited to, improving the resilience of infrastructure and medical stores.
As of November 2023, £670 million of this £1.95 billion has been committed to bolstering and replenishing our stockpiles as well as strengthening our overall resilience, but this has not yet been spent.