Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Thursday, 22 October 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 October 2015. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

ISTAR

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 69 of his Department's Defence Equipment Plan 2015, what the reasons are for the decrease in planned spending on ISTAR; and how that decrease will be achieved.

Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Defence Equipment Plan 2015, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2015. Paragraph 11 explains the movements in the high level elements of the equipment plan from the previous financial year. Each of the operating centre breakdowns in Section C of the Equipment Plan contains an explanation of any increase or decrease in spending from the previous financial year.

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