Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 186009 on Ministry of Defence: Land, how his Department intends to use the planned infrastructure expenditure for the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer
The Ministry of Defence plans to spend £4.2 billion on infrastructure in FY2023-24. Expenditure is split between the Top Level Budget holders, the largest of which is the Army, who will spend over £1.6 billion on infrastructure this year. Other expenditure includes:
- Construction, including of single living accommodation
- Facilities management (including planned and reactive maintenance and soft facilities provision)
- Investment in overseas basing to maintain the MoD’s global footprint
- Enhancement of the Training Estate and the continued optimisation of the Defence Estate