Defence Investment

Ministry of Defence raising a concern policy

Why linked: Cited by workspace synthesis

Ministry of Defence (MOD) guidance for raising a concern and whistleblowing in Defence.

UKDI Funding

Why linked: UK Defence Innovation funding details policy paper — operational evidence for UKDI's funding architecture.

Details of UK Defence Innovation funding, organised by the financial year.

UK Defence Footprint – Making Defence an Engine for Growth

Why linked: UK Defence Footprint is the Sept 2025 DIS companion document with the official £270bn / 2.6% Treasury trajectory, £31.7bn industry spend, 272,000 jobs and regional industrial map.

A companion document to the Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 that maps the UK's regional and national defence industrial footprint, detailing defence capacity, employment, and key industrial sites by region and nation including Northern Ireland. It provides the evidential basis for …

Defence Industrial Strategy 2025: Making Defence an Engine for Growth

Why linked: The Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 is the operationalising document for DIS commitments on UK-based businesses, procurement reform and innovation — directly on this thread.

The defence sector plan of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy.

Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 — Making Defence an Engine for Growth

Why linked: Filled the "Defence Skills Package (£182m) — the SDR/DIS implementation vehicle for workforce development" gap via web research

The full Defence Industrial Strategy policy paper published by the Ministry of Defence on 8 September 2025, which contains the £182m skills package as a core chapter, covering Defence Technical Excellence Colleges, the Defence Universities Alliance, regional STEM initiatives, and …

Defence Equipment & Support annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

Why linked: DE&S Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 — core implementation document already attached as foundational.

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025.

Defence Equipment and Support: Corporate Plan (2025 to 2026)

Why linked: DE&S Corporate Plan 2025-26 — primary implementation document.

The Corporate Plan sets out the strategic priorities for DE&S for the financial year 2025 to 2026.

The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad

Why linked: Gov.uk publication entry for the SDR 2025 — companion landing page to the SDR foundational document.

Gov.uk publication entry for the SDR 2025 — companion landing page to the SDR foundational document.

In response to: The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad

The Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad

Why linked: The Strategic Defence Review 2025 is the primary governing instrument for the entire Defence Investment thread, setting the ten-year framework and 62 recommendations that the DIP must operationalise.

A root-and-branch review of UK Defence.

Spending Review 2025 (HTML)

Why linked: Filled the "MOD spending reviews and efficiency savings announcements — context for investment sequencing and trade-offs" gap via web research

In response to: Spending Review 2025 document

Departmental Efficiency Plans

Why linked: Filled the "MOD spending reviews and efficiency savings announcements — context for investment sequencing and trade-offs" gap via web research

In response to: Departmental Efficiency Delivery Plans

Defence Equipment & Support - Public Body Review 2025

Why linked: DE&S Public Body Review 2025 — direct governance review of the delivery agency.

This document summarises the Public Body Review of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the responses to the findings.

Defence Equipment and Support: Corporate Plan (financial years 2024 to 2027)

Why linked: DE&S Corporate Plan 2024-27 — implementation document.

The Corporate Plan sets out the strategic priorities for DE&S over the financial periods 2024 to 2027.

Defence Equipment & Support annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024

Why linked: DE&S Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 — prior year baseline.

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024.

Defence Equipment and Support: framework document 2021

Why linked: The DE&S Framework Document 2021 sets the governance and operating model for DE&S as the primary procurement delivery body on this thread.

The framework document sets out the governance arrangements and policies within which the new DE&S organisation must operate.

Defence in a Competitive Age

Why linked: Defence in a Competitive Age — MOD's Defence Command Paper companion to the 2021 IR.

Defence in a Competitive Age describes Defence's contribution to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

Why linked: Companion entry to the 2021 Integrated Review.

Companion entry to the 2021 Integrated Review.

In response to: Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Developm…

Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

Why linked: Foundational Integrated Review 2021 already attached.

Global Britain in a Competitive Age, the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, describes the government’s vision for the UK’s role in the world over the next decade and the action we will take to 2025.