Nukes 20-25% MoD Budget

The UK nuclear enterprise is expected to absorb between 20 and 25 percent

of the Ministry of Defence budget in the coming years, as spending rises
across a growing portfolio of submarine, warhead, infrastructure and fuel
programmes. Giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee, Permanent
Secretary Jeremy Pocklington said defence nuclear spending totalled about
£10.9 billion in 2024-25, equivalent to 18% of the department’s budget,
and is expected to rise to around 20% in the current financial year. He
told MPs that the share would continue to grow, saying the Defence Nuclear
Enterprise was on course to account for “between about 20% and 25% of the
MOD’s overall budget.” That growth, he said, reflects both inflation
and a broader expansion in the nuclear portfolio. Pocklington said the
increase was not being driven primarily by the core Dreadnought submarine
build, which he said remains within the range previously set out to
Parliament. “For Dreadnought, we are still within the range that the
Department stated to Parliament,” he said, referring to the longstanding
£31 billion programme cost plus £10 billion contingency.

 UK Defence Journal 26th March 2026 

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