Source · Select Committees · Defence Committee
Recommendation 9
9
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The Defence budget (despite its recent uplift and multi-year commitment) is already inadequate.
Conclusion
The Defence budget (despite its recent uplift and multi-year commitment) is already inadequate. Adding responsibility for immigration without a further uplift in the budget takes scarce resources from an already overstretched Department. We do not understand why this operation is not being treated as a MACA request and accordingly resourced by the Home Office.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
A £50 million package has been agreed between the Treasury, Home Office and the Ministry of Defence to enable the delivery of military primacy until early 2023, at which point the requirement and resourcing will be reviewed.