{"value":{"id":1936282,"askingMemberId":5403,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","uin":"25881","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of £8.4 billion for the Dreadnought submarine programme on 30 July 2026, how much of that funding is additional to previously announced departmental spending settlements.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4682,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-09-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The £8.4 billion was forecast within the Dreadnought cost envelope, as set out in the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Nuclear Submarines","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1936282","method":"GET"}]}